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Chapter 25

Edward

While Bella was changing for the visit to the hospital, I looked around the house for Emmett.

I found him in his room, sitting on the floor in front of the bed.

He seemed very depressed; his thoughts were racing.

Again and again he hated himself for what he had done. He constantly blamed himself for forgetting that Bella was still a human being.

I asked myself this question again and again.

Especially because Emmett was actually a loving guy, and he loved Bella as his fragile little sister.

Slowly I stepped into the room and walked towards him.

When he heard me, he lifted his face and looked at me contritely.

'There are no words to make up for that. I hope you can forgive me someday. Bella is my little sister, and I love her. How could I!'

He shook his head and averted his eyes from me.

I was very angry with him myself, but I could no longer see him like that. He would hopefully never forget it again.

"Emmett, please don't beat yourself up anymore. Nothing happened, thank goodness."

"But it could have, and then what? I don't know what got into me. That stench on me ... Shit, I saw red. But it shouldn't have happened."

"Emmett, please. It's best if we all try to forget about this. Try to keep your mouth shut a little in the future, and hopefully there won't be another situation like this."

He stood up and we took each other in our arms. We patted each other on the back and tried to smile a little.

A knock on the door interrupted our reconciliation.

In the doorway stood my angel, and she smiled at both of us.

"Hey, you two. May I disturb?"

Emmett quickly broke away from me and ran toward Bella.

At the first moment, panic ran through me, because I didn't know what he was up to again. When he then stopped in front of her and gently lifted her up, I became calmer again.

"Bella, I'm so sorry. I hope you're not mad at me anymore?"

"Put me down now, please," my angel said in a sharp commanding tone.

Emmett looked confused and gently put Bella down.

"But I always have to do everything wrong, don't I?"

"Emmett, this is your way, and I've told you before, you'll probably never change. You just can't let it go. But no matter what you do, people can't stay mad at you for long, and I did get a little payback."

"Yes, you did. Thanks, little sis."

The three of us had to laugh at the thought of Emmett who was splattered with the juices from the rolled herrings.

"So now if you'll excuse us, Edward and I have an appointment."

"I hope you both have a great time. See you later."

'If one can already tell the gender, I really need to know if I'm getting a niece or nephew. Please, you have to tell me.'

With a shake of my head, I turned and left Emmett's room with Bella.

Later, I really needed to discuss with Bella whether we would reveal the sex of our family or keep it a secret. It would be funnier if we all tortured something. Oh yes, that would be fun, and since Alice couldn't see it, it would work perfectly.

My angel put her arm around my waist and her head against my shoulder.

She looked stunning as always, no matter what she put on. She looked gorgeous in anything. If she saw Alice in those loose pants and sweater, she would freak out again, but it just looked good on my angel. I loved everything about her. I was glad as hell that Bella wasn't wearing high heels, but flats like that.

So one less thing for me to worry about.

As I headed in the direction of my car, Bella surprised me once again.

"Let's walk to town."

"What, you want to go all that way? Then we'll be too late."

She couldn't possibly be serious. She was usually not one who liked to walk a lot.

"First of all, we still have plenty of time. We're way too early, and second, you can carry me in between. Knowing you, I'm sure you'd love to."

She looked at me with a cheeky grin and I was completely smitten.

Yes, my wife knew me very well, and she knew exactly how to persuade me to do something.

"Well, let's get going."

Just before we reached the border of our property, I heard Carlisle's thoughts.

'Edward. Take good care of Bella. Victor can take you home, he drove my car to the hospital.'

Bella

Now that this constant pregnancy fatigue no longer tormented me so much, and I could finally stay awake longer, we were forbidden to have sex. Life could be very unfair. How could we possibly endure this?

Suddenly a sneaky thought came to me.

Who would check that we were complying? I mean, if I fell all over Edward at our house, nobody would know. As the saying goes, what you don't know won't hurt you. Let's see if I could persuade Edward tonight.

For safety, in case Edward wants to abide by this prohibition, I had taken precautions for my fatigue. I couldn't believe myself yet that I had just talked him into a walk to the hospital.

All I can say is that pregnancy changes you in every way. Really in every way. Glad I had a carrying option with me.

This thought made me smile.

"What's so funny?"

"I just had to laugh at my thoughts."

"Which would be ... if you don't mind me asking?"

"It still bothers you that you can't read my mind, doesn't it?"

"Sometimes yes, but then again I'm glad not to know everything. That's how you manage to surprise me. Like with this walk."

"I just had to laugh at that one. Because I was thinking about how I'm glad you can carry me later."

Before I had even said this sentence, Edward grabbed me, and I was already in his strong hard arms. His lips met mine and we sank into a beautiful long romantic kiss.

Oh yeah, that ban was going to be pretty darn tough.

Fortunately, he quickly detached himself from me again.

For a while I didn't mind being carried, but then I felt the need to move myself. So I asked Edward to put me back on my feet.

With a murmur, he complied with my request.

We walked hand in hand next to each other and I enjoyed this moment very much.

It was as if we were a simple married couple, only with a little secret and a sweet Mousie under my heart. Whenever I thought of my Mousie, I automatically stroked my little belly.

Edward kept saying that you couldn't see anything yet, and that I was just imagining things, but as a woman you noticed when your favorite jeans didn't fit anymore.

I guess it was time to tell Charlie and Renée about the pregnancy. After all, I couldn't hide it from them forever.

Especially in front of Charlie, who saw me from time to time.

It would be nice if, at this point in the revelation, I already knew what we were going to get.

It would also be nice if Edward and I started thinking about names soon.

"Edward?"

"Yes, my angel."

"Have you thought about what name you would like?"

"No, and you?"

"Not yet either. I was just thinking that it would be nice if I could also tell Renée right away what her grandchild's eventual name will be."

"You really want to tell your parents already?"

"Why not?", I asked in surprise, and didn't know what the problem was.

"Well, I thought we'd wait a little while. I mean ... oh, how can I put this. After all, we're not having a normal baby, and I ..."

"You're really cute when you worry. But I think our baby will be as normal as possible. Eventually my parents will find out everything. I don't think that can be avoided with a vampire grandchild."

"Bella, they were never supposed to know, though. Think of the Volturi."

"I know, but I want our child to have my parents as grandparents, too."

The subject made me so sad.

I would love to tell my parents everything right now tonight. But Edward was unfortunately right: I would put them in great danger.

Small tears wandered down my cheeks, and at that moment I once again hated my mood swings.

Edward smiled at me lovingly and wiped away my tears with his finger. At the same time he put his lips tenderly on mine. It was only a short tender kiss, but it soothed my sadness.

"I love you, Bella Cullen."

"And I love you, Edward Cullen."

Thanks to Edward's speed, we arrived at the hospital very quickly. It did have some advantages when your husband carried you across town.

We both smiled and entered the hospital hand in hand.

At the end of the corridor we saw Victor, who, when he caught sight of us, immediately approached us.

"Hello, you two. You're right on time."

At that, he winked at Edward.

He probably knew from Carlisle that we were on foot.

We went to his office together.

Edward immediately made himself comfortable on the couch, and I went through to Victor's examination room. There I got rid of my clothes and put on the prepared patient-nightgown.

I hated those hospital things, but it simplified the examination.

Only a few seconds later, Victor was standing behind me, startling me.

"Sorry, Bella, I didn't mean to scare you."

"It's not that bad. Where do we start?"

"I would say with the normal pregnancy exam. Then follow up with my special one, and I'd like to try an ultrasound. Maybe we'll be able to get a picture of your baby."

"That would be nice. I'll reason well with my Mousie."

"Okay, then I'd say we'll get started. Are you ready?"

"Yeah, let's get going."

I crawled onto the chair with this stupid hospital-gown on and tried to get as comfortable as possible.

Nervousness spread through me, and I asked myself why?

Victor approached me smiling while putting on his exam gloves.

"Bella, why so nervous? Try to relax."

It was easy for the guy to talk. He wasn't lying half naked in front of an almost stranger vampire who was about to drive his hand into you. This whole thing might be easier for me if he was just my gynecologist, but as it was, he was actually a family friend. Now I understood all the better why Carlisle didn't want to examine me. An even more blatant idea would be if the father-in-law was down there examining around. Oh my God, I had to get rid of my thoughts quickly and relax.

I concentrated fully on my Mousie.

So, my Mousie, please please show yourself. Grandma Renée and Grandpa Charlie would be very happy about a nice photo of you.

I was so distracted with my crazy thoughts that I didn't even really notice that Victor was done with the normal examination, i.e. the palpation.

"Everything is fine. The baby is developing beautifully. Now let's see if it shows up for a photo."

"That's very good news."

Victor slapped another gel on my belly, and I winced briefly because it was very cold.

Normally I was not so sensitive. Through Edward's body I was actually used to a lot. Interesting! I would be interested to know if I would react the same way to Edward's hand on my bare stomach now? We really had to test this once we got home.

My desire for Edward's lips all over my body increased immeasurably.

Everything in me screamed for him, I needed him. I wanted him. I was alternately hot and cold, and I felt a very suspicious dampness between my legs.

Oh man, that was embarrassing. I was more than horny and that on a gynecologist's chair during a pregnancy examination. Again, all I could say was: Fucking hormones. Where was this going to lead?

"Should we add Edward?"

"Oh yes, ... please," I moaned.

Great, where was this really going to end? I needed sex badly.

Without a word from Victor, the door was yanked open, and Edward stood beside me, smirking.

Help, what would my husband think of me now!

He took my hand and breathed "I love you" into my ear.

My heart warmed up and my extreme desire calmed down a little, but only a little.

"I think it's going to be a long two weeks," Victor interrupted my thoughts.

Edward and I looked at each other and nodded.

I felt sad.

"Oh yeah," I groaned in annoyance.

Half an hour later, we were finally done with everything, and I could get dressed again. I stood in the changing room and smiled to myself. Finally I had the proof, in black and white, that I was pregnant. When I was naked, you could already see a small belly, which could still be hidden very well under the jeans. So my pregnancy was still a secret outside the Cullen family.

With this photo I could finally tell Charlie and Renée.

Luckily, Edward could read minds, so at least he knew beforehand when my dad was going to rip his head off.

Somehow I was still a little wet between my legs, and I was afraid to go home alone with Edward.

Whereby fear was not the right expression. I don't think I could ever be afraid of him. My fear was more about myself.

What if I fell all over him and seduced him? He was also just a man and certainly could not stop me. Maybe we should try to endure at least one week without sex? I desperately needed a plan. What could we do for distraction?

When I saw Edward standing by the exit from the hospital, and he smiled lovingly at me, it occurred to me what we could do.

That would definitely be a good distraction.

I quickly walked towards him. When I stood in front of him, he wanted to pull me to him and kiss me.

I turned my head to the side and his kiss landed on my cheek.

A growl from him made me smile and confirmed my plan.

"Edwaaaard?"

I dragged out his name a bit.

"Yeeaaahh?" he imitated me.

"We really need a distraction, or we won't last these two weeks."

He shook his head and looked at me questioningly.

"I want a date."

"You want what?"

"Well, I figured if we both did something, then maybe the craving wouldn't be so great. How about going to a movie or something?"

"So you think I'd be able to keep my hands off you at the movies?"

He pulled me tightly against him and ran his right hand down my back to my buttock.

I could feel the blush once again coming to my face, and the lower part of my body was reacting violently to it as well.

"I ... Maybe ... I ...", I stammered and was more than embarrassed.

"You're so cute when you're embarrassed. Maybe you're right. Let's try going to the movies. When do you want to go?"

"Now?"

Edward gave me a quick kiss and smirked.

What I would give to be able to feel my husband inside me now?