BPOV
I wake up at 8am feeling refreshed for the first time in a long time after Edward's phone call last night. I love that man more than I have ever thought I could love someone and despite not having known him for too long and not to mention having to get stuck into a mission right at the beginning of our relationship I don't think I could be without him now.
I totally agree with Edward when he said that I had been ingrained into his life because that is how he is with me. I don't care how cliché that is, it is true. Anyway, I get up out of bed and go through my morning routine of getting dressed for the day, most of the morning is going through some final last minute things with Aro in the office and then they are leaving just after lunch, which we were to have as a family.
I roll my eyes as I think that. Them and their 'doing things as a family' bull crap! It's just another excuse to try and be sexually inappropriate with others, well more specifically those they call 'family'.
Just as I am finishing up getting dressed I feel one or both of the babies move, it was so sudden that I gasp and my hands fly to my belly that seems to have grown over night. I rub it gently and tell them to settle down for mummy when I hear a knock on the door.
I poke my head out of the closet that I had been standing in to see who it was and see that it was Aro bringing in my breakfast. I shudder a little at the thought of him feeding me again, but then again I just have to survive till after lunch.
"Good morning, Isabella. How did you sleep?" Aro greets me as soon as I walk out of the closet.
"I slept good, thank you. I thought I was meeting you in the office after breakfast?" I ask in confusion.
"Well I thought today we could go over what needs to be done here in your room where you can rest after yesterday's strain, also after we have done this then we will be having an early lunch because I moved our flights to an earlier one."
"Why an earlier flight?" I didn't want to ask this, but I thought that if I really was his daughter that I may want to know this and also I asked in case this was a test of some sort.
"Well Jane really wants to leave and start her life as a winemaker and business lady and also your mother really wants to be away from this place that saw so much death. I think she is taking James' death quite hard as she has so many memories of him in this house and she can't walk down a hall without thinking he is just going to walk right out of a room or something.
She hasn't been sleeping too good and I just want to get her somewhere happier that we haven't been to as a family for a very long time. The estate was mostly mine and your mother's get away from James and Jane, so hopefully she'll get better."
"Oh I hope so too, anyway let's get to it then." I reply and with that I eat, and yes I fed myself thank god, and we go over what we had done all day yesterday. Like really! I mentally roll my eyes at Aro and his micro managing, no wonder the businesses Aro and James had are all gone to shit because James was just like Aro.
When we were finally finished it was 10:30 am and Aro holds his arm out for me to take and we make our way to the dining room. As we walk in I see Jane sitting on one side of the table in a simple black plain top that I can only assume was a top as I can't see the rest of her clothes due to the table being in the way.
I then see her mother sitting at the far end of the 8 seater table, I am guided to the seat opposite to Jane and then Aro takes the seat at the opposite end to his wife. He insists on saying grace and then we get to eating the lovely meal that I know was prepared by Esme, that woman could cook.
Anyway, as we were eating there was nothing but silence for the most part, well that is until Jane asks
"Have you felt them move in you?" knowing that she is referring to the twins I answer
"Yes actually I have just this morning." I hear a gasp and the clattering of cutlery, I look to my left to see my 'mother' holding her hands to her face with what looks like tears in her eyes. Before I can even get any words out she is rushing to my side and her hands are going to my stomach and I have to try and fight my urge to jump back in alarm and stop my shudder of disgust at not only her sudden movement and her close proximity to me, but also her filthy hands on me.
She looks up at me and says "Oh my goodness, I am going to miss so much of my baby boy's boys growing." It was then that I could fully tell she was still grieving James and that she was so happy to be a grandmother that she had wanted to feel them.
I silently prayed that my twins would help me out and not move at all so that this woman wouldn't threaten my ability to go home today. I reply back to her in a tone that was soft and understanding in the hopes that we could finish this meal and they could fuck off quicker
"It's ok mother, if I feel them again before you go I'll make sure to tell you as this morning it was only very brief. I have read that with twins you can feel them sooner than you would a single baby so I am sure there will be more. Plus, father made me promise to send email updates and pictures so you won't miss out too much."
I add a sweet soft smile at the end and she engulfs me in a hug before telling me I was right and went back to her seat to finish eating. I sit back down and do the same, for the next half hour there is nothing but silence between all of us.
I feel the babies twice in that time, but I make sure to not react so as to not alert these idiots to their movements. I don't really want them to share this with me as they have shared so much of this pregnancy already and enough was enough.
As soon as I had finished the last of the delicious meal in front of me Aro stands up and announces
"Well this is it, time to say your goodbyes and then we are out of here." With that his wife and Jane get up like robots and walk over to me, I stand to make it less awkward than it already was and wish both a good bye and a promise to write after my next appointment, have no idea why I did, but it seemed to help get them out of my personal space quicker.
As soon as they have stepped away and walked out of the room towards the front door Aro walks up to me and at first I thought he was going to hug me, but then he gets down on his knees and places his hands to my stomach.
I gasp at the action, but also because right at the same time I feel the unmistakable feeling of my babies move away from Aro. I can't keep the smile off of my face, but not for what I am sure Aro thinks and because I knew my babies knew this fucker was bad news already.
Aro thinks they were moving for him and he then talks to my tummy
"You grow strong boys, don't cause your mother too much trouble and know that your grandfather is proud of you." Then he stands up and gives me a hug and then says in my ear in a seductive manner that had me almost lose my lunch
"Stay safe my daughter and stay healthy for my grandsons. Don't let them forget me or what it means to be a Volturi." I give him a hug back to keep up the façade of this mission and then reply
"I will father." With that Aro tells me to follow him to the door and we go to meet the other two at the front door. I watch as they all pile into the small limo that will take them to the airport. I give another wave and I shout out goodbye as they drive away. Under my breath I say 'and good riddance' as they reach the gate and drive out of sight.
I quickly run inside and close the door. I grab my phone out of my pocket and I text Edward that they have just left. He sends a reply that he will be here in an hour and all I have to do is rest till then, but I can't just sit and do nothing for an hour, so I run up to my room and have a shower to wash off Aro and his family's filth from my skin.
When I say wash off their filth I do mean like scrub my skin red raw. I know my skin won't stop crawling till I am home with Edward, but at least it is a start. I put on new clean clothes and flats on with my hair down. I think my babies are picking up on my excitement as they are moving around like something shocking, taking my breath away sometimes.
I stop what I am doing and just enjoy the moment, that is until there is a knock on my bedroom door. I panic for a moment that the fuck wits are back and I call out, well more like squeaked out, for the person to come in and I am relieved to see Esme walking in.
I smile as I walk to her and just as I am hugging her, the babies decide to move making me gasp and my hands fly to my tummy as a giggle bubbles out of my open mouth. She looks at me worried for a moment till I grabbed her hand and put it on my tummy and she lets out a giggle too and a very big and bright smile.
"Well they certainly are very lively aren't they?" she says to me and then I reply "Yeah they are, I think they know their daddy is coming to get us out of this hell hole."
She nods her head and then says in a happy tone "I think you may be right, I was just coming to see if you were ok and to tell you that my nephew was almost here and I think you should go wait in the formal living room by the front door for him."
I start nodding my head and then thought for a moment and then reply "Actually I think I will wait out the front for him as I just want out of this building, the sooner the better."
"I think that will be lovely and I'll make some iced tea and come out with you. Meet me by the front door in 10 minutes."
"Ok. See you soon."
With that, she turns and walks away towards the kitchen as I turn to finish getting what I am taking home with me, the rest I can replace anyway. Once this is done I see that I was about 3 minutes early, but I didn't care as I stood by the front door waiting for her. Luckily she was also a bit early and then we made our way out the door to the front courtyard, which was just to the left of the front door and it was mostly just a small outdoor sitting area with a table, but you can see anyone coming and going from the front gate and once a car stops at the bottom of the steps the person getting out of the car will be able to see us, but not until they start to walk up the steps.
Oh and it is covered so that rain and sun wouldn't be a bother to sit out here, I knew that Edward may have wanted me to wait inside in case of 'issues', but I just couldn't and if anyone other than Edward came up to us they would just think that I was sitting out here with a maid to serve me and keep me company and not find us threatening.
As we sit in a comfortable silence, for which I was grateful for, I think about everything that has happened and what will possibly happen next for us. I know that when these two are born they will have to have these fuckwits last name, but I hope that Edward can find a solution to get around that without losing a few of Aro's assets that was signed over to me and to Edward because these are assets that have been in the Volturi family for over 100 years and they have to have someone with the Volturi name in ownership, at least it is just someone with that name and not by blood that has to be proven, because we could work with that.
I sigh as I start to feel a slight headache coming on, knowing that there was still so much to do with the fallout from this mission, despite it being a success. I have no idea how long we sat out here, but I could almost sense Edward coming and I think so could our babies as they started to do what felt like very angry butterflies in my tummy.
I look over to the gate just in time to see a car I knew to be Edward's drive through and towards the front door. I was about to stand up, Esme stopped me and signalled for me to wait, I thought it strange for a moment till I realised that it still could be anyone and until I see Edward I can't be too careful till I was home and safely away from here.
I wait with baited breath until I see him get out of the car and walk towards the front steps, but like he could sense me too he then turns to his right and looks straight at me and a huge smile breaks out across his face, like an equally as huge smile breaks out across mine.
Esme tells me to go to him and I don't hesitate and rush towards the man I have grown to love so very much in such a short amount of time and I have no idea if it is my hormones or just sheer relief at seeing him, but tears start to run down my cheeks as he meets me halfway and we crush each other to the other, all the while being careful of my bump.
We stand there hugging each other for what feels like forever, but in reality was only maybe 5 minutes till I feel more flutters from my tummy and as soon as I feel them I know that Edward has as well because he gets down on his knees and places both his hands against my tummy and then gently pushes my shirt up to expose my bare skin and then tenderly places two kisses on either side of my belly button and then whispers
"I have missed you both as well, but I have a surprise for mummy and I need you two to behave for her. Now move if you understand me." I giggle at this and I was about to point out that I don't think they can understand things like that yet when I feel two separate and strong flutters against my tummy right where his hands are and I gasp out loud as I do and he just smiles at my tummy and then whispers again
"I love you both, now settle down for mummy and I'll talk to you later." And with that he again kisses on either side of my belly button and then stands back up and kisses me and hugs me once again.
Then he looks over my shoulder and I remember that Esme was outside with me and I turn in time to see her stand behind me and Edward say to her
"Hey Aunty, thank you for taking care of my girl and our babies for me and I'll see you in a week. When we leave here you, Jasper and Emmett are in charge of the clean out of this place and don't take shit from anyone ok and if there are any problems just call my dad or your husband. Now if you'll excuse us we have an appointment to get to."
I look at him like he has gone mad as I didn't know about an appointment and why won't he see his Aunt for a week? Before I could say anything Edward is walking me towards the car and helping me into it.
As soon as I am seated and I have put my seatbelt on he closes the door and then waves to his Aunt before getting into the car and starting it up. He gives me my fave grin and then drives off.
I don't get a chance to say anything before he is talking again, talk about being bossy
"I just thought before we go home that I get you into Carlisle's practice and get a full check-up done and then I'll give you your well-deserved surprise." I groan and tell him I just wanted to go home and that I felt fine and he tells me that this isn't up for discussion.
I sigh in frustration at his bossiness and I make a note to tell him off later about it. As we drive I look out the window at the passing scenery. After about an hour he pulls up to a very clean looking building that has a glass wall in front and a courtyard with trees and what almost would look like a small park in the front.
Once parked he gets out and rushes over to my side and then helps me out. We go into the building and I then realise this is a doctor's office/ practice. It was gorgeous and much bigger than I thought. While I was still looking around I hear his voice welcome us to his practice before I see him and when I look at Carlisle I can't help but run up to him and give him a big hug for being there for me when I really needed a friendly face.
He chuckles and hugs me back, then he pulls back slightly and holds his hand out to Edward and they shake. Then he tells us to follow him to an exam room, I look at Edward for a moment and then it dawns on me that he wants to get me a full check-up done at a proper facility and not from a crappy portable one in a high stress environment (also for more than just him being bossy and overprotective already of his offspring and I) and I can't help but smile at his sweet thought as I actually wanted to do this at some point soon, but maybe not quite this soon.
Saves me asking now though. Once in the exam room Carlisle hands me a gown and then the men leave to let me get changed, I do so and call them back in. Edward sits in the chair next to me and then Carlisle comes in a few minutes later pulling in a trolley tray.
On this tray it looks like stuff you'd have when giving a blood sample to see what is wrong with you or if your lacking vitamins. I wasn't sure why he needed that, but then again I have never been pregnant before so I am sure Carlisle knows what he is doing.
Lucky I don't have to wait too long as he explains that this is just to make sure everything is going ok and I am not lacking anything important as twins are more taxing on a woman's system and body. He takes what seems like a huge amount of vials worth of blood, but is only about 6 vials and checks my name on them and all those details.
When I say my name I mean Isabella Swan not what it has been the last couple of months, damn has it been that long? Fuck me! I wonder how far a long I am for me to be able to start to feel the babies like I can, or is it that I am just that attuned to my body.
As I am wondering this I fail to notice Carlisle get the ultra sound machine up and running and then get Edward to move my gown, thank fuck that I kept my underwear on. He squirts the gel on my stomach and then moves the wand around.
Soon we hear a heartbeat and I look to Edward who looks like his eyes are shining a little bit, then Carlisle presses some buttons on the keypad thing and moves the wand again to the other side of my stomach and there is another heartbeat and this time when I look to Edward I know that he is tearing up with tears of joy.
I reach for his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze, he returns it and his eyes are glued to the monitor that I can't see from where I am laying on the exam bed, but I know Carlisle will turn it around soon enough and Edward has missed so many of my scans (I have a feeling that I had so many because Aro was paranoid and it isn't actually supposed to be as many as I had).
Anyway, after a few minutes of the heartbeats and the sound of Carlisle's fingers on the keypad, he turns the monitor around so I can see it more and then says
"Well Bella it seems this mission finished at a very great time as I don't think we could hide how far along you really are. My early assessment of how far along you are was way off and I am sorry for that, but it seems you are about 13 weeks along with your twins. When did you two first become sexually active?"
I look to Edward and see that he is thinking and so I start thinking as well and I think we both came up with the same answer as we both said about 13 weeks ago. I knew then that this happened when I lost my virginity, but I was on the pill so this shouldn't have happened.
"Bella is everything alright?" Carlisle asks me in concern and I respond "No Carlisle, I am not alright. I was on the pill and if I am about 13 weeks along that would put me conceiving around the first time we were intimate and I lost my virginity, so how can that have happened? I don't understand?" I had started to pant out my breaths after my little speech and both Carlisle and Edward told me to calm down, only Edward's was more a 'Shh its ok love' and Carlisle's was more doctor speak of letting me know that I was starting to have a panic or anxiety attack and I needed to try and take slow and deep breaths and he can explain.
I do as I am told, with difficulty, once I had calmed down Carlisle then says
"Well Bella what contraception were you taking? And I want to know the brand name of it not what type."
"Um…. Levlan I think it was called, why?" I look to him in puzzlement when he turns to the computer in the room and types in the name I said. After a few minutes of confusion, he turns back as says
"Well I can say that this happened because your pill you were on was recalled about 11 weeks ago for not being an effective contraceptive and there is a big lawsuit going on in regards to it." I don't know why but I sighed in relief knowing that I wasn't at fault and that I could stop feeling like I had lied to Edward, although I don't know why I was thinking like that and for some reason my eyes start to water.
I bring my hands up to my cheeks and feel they are wet and I look at my hands in confusion at why I am crying and Carlisle just chuckles and then explains to both Edward and I that he guesses my hormones were already starting to affect my emotions and that this is normal.
He gives me a smile and then tells me that he will set up an appointment for us to come back in 5 weeks' time as we can see the sex of the babies by then and that if anything was to happen before then or anything to just give him a call, anytime.
He leaves the room to let me get dressed again and Edward stays to help me this time, don't know why as I can still get dressed by myself, but I have missed him so much that I don't complain. Once dressed we walk out of the room only to be greeted by Carlisle again and he is holding an envelope.
"I thought to take some print outs of your ultrasound today for you." With that he hands them to me and then says "See you in a week." With this he gives me a hug and Edward a hand shake and then before I can ask why he just said that and Edward said that to his Aunt before, Edward ushers me out of the building and back to the car.
Where he does my seat belt for me. He gets in and takes off, I try to ask him where we are going now and all he tells me is it's a surprise. I tell him that this surprise better have food as I am hungry and he just laughs.
Before I know it, we were at the airport, I look to him and go "Edward, what are we doing here?" He gives me his crooked grin I love and then says simply we are going to do something we deserve very much.
Then he ushers me inside and we go through check in and security without me getting any clue of where we are going and then Edward ushers me to the lounge for those that have their own private jets and we get shown to our plane as soon as we arrive.
I sit down and Edward sits down next to me and he does my belt up again. I shake my head at him as there is an announcement
"Good evening, my name is Gerry and I will be your captain tonight. Please sit back and relax as we fly you to Santiago, Chile."
I look to Edward simply flabbergasted and he turns to me and says "What? After what you've just been through, you deserved a holiday and Carlisle owns an island just off the coast of Chile called Isle Esme. As you can probably guess he named it after my Aunt and he got it for her for their first wedding anniversary after Emmett was born. It is secluded and well-guarded so that we will have privacy, but there is still the internet there and a satellite phone so we can still be contacted in an emergency, but everyone knows to give us some time to just connect and be a couple like we should have been doing this whole time and not some fucked up mission with fucked up idiots."
I just look at him even more flabbergasted and in awe at his thoughtfulness and right at that moment tears started to fall, but I had a huge smile on my face as the plane started to move. I then started to worry as I read once in passing that flying was bad within the first trimester and before I could say anything Edward says as if he could read my mind
"It's ok Love, I already asked Carlisle while you were getting into your gown and I don't know if you noticed, but he told me that as soon as he looked at the ultrasound he'd give me a firm nod if traveling would be ok for you and that was why I could see what he was doing the whole time as he gave me that nod before turning the monitor towards you. I wanted this trip to be a surprise until we got into my family's private jet. Once we land we have about a 2-hour drive south and then an hour's boat trip."
I nod my head and he leans over to kiss my forehead and then he adds "I love you Bella and I wanted to do this for you and for us." I smile at him and bring his head towards me so that we could kiss and then I say "Thank you Edward, for everything." And with that I got comfy in the big chairs and a hostess comes over to ask if we'd like anything, to which I say yes and then we spent the rest of the flight in comfortable silence for the most part.
At one point we talked about what will happen next, but he didn't know and didn't want to think about it for the next week. I agreed with him and then I fell asleep for the rest of the flight.