Edward, you ok? Alice thought. I looked at her concerned face. I
shook my head. It’s okay. “No, it’s not. This is not a normal child.” How do you know that? “Alice, I made this thing too, and if it was normal, another human would have made this. I—” I couldn’t finish. I hung my head in defeat. Do you want me to see what’s going to happen? So I can at least know if Bella’s going to be okay? I nodded. ~Vision~ Bella is lying down and she is very skinny and has a large round bump on her stomach that is bruised everywhere. Everyone looks quite sad, especially me. It looks as if everyone has hunted, but not me. ~Out of Vision~ I’m so sorry Edward. “I—I…what have I done?” Do you think that she’s going to live through that? “I don’t know…” “Edward, are you alright?” Esme said coming downstairs. “No. He’s not. No one will be.” Alice said for me in a monotone. “What’s wrong?! I want to help if I can!” “Bella might…not live through the pregnancy.” “Hey guys, you ok?” Bella said coming from the bathroom. Her stomach grew much more. I quickly recovered the best I could. “Yes. We’re alright. Why do you ask?” Surprisingly, the nervousness didn’t come out in my voice. “Because, you, Alice, and Esme really care about me and you’re all talking?” “We were just talking about your health.” Don’t tell her!!! Alice thought. “Why?” Bella asked. “Because we’re worried about how fast your stomach is growing.” Nice save. At least she won’t freak. Alice thought to me. “Thanks.” I whispered low enough for Alice to only hear. “I love you Edward. I hope the baby will have more you than me in it, because I’m really not that beautiful.” “Bella, you are the most beautiful person in the universe. And, I think I have pretty damn good eyesight, so don’t back me down on that.” “Would I still be pretty if I was a vampire? Would I be…hot? Sexy even? “Bella, you already are hot and sexy, and probably more! But, you know that I want you human.” Yeah Edward, psh hang onto that dream after this. Alice thought. Damn one-way connection. “Yeah, but, after I have this baby, can you change me? PLEASE?!” Bella begged. “I probably will either way.” “I love you, you know that?” She kissed me. “Yes I know that, Love.” I sighed internally and kissed her too. “You seem…I don’t know, just…not right. Can you please tell me what’s up?” “I already told you. That thing is growing really fast, and I don’t want you to get hurt by it.” You might’ve told her just a bit too much. Alice thought. Sometimes I wish our abilities were reversed. “Edward, I’m going to be fine!” Not for long…I said in my head. ~4 days later~ Bella screamed in agony once again. “Edward,” she panted, “I think you were right when you said I might get hurt a few days ago from my baby. Do you think he will be ok?” “He, who?” I asked, although I knew she was mentioning the growing monster inside of her. “Edward, are you going stupid? Our baby!” She exclaimed then grunted in pain. “What baby?” I said quietly to myself, much too low for Bella to hear, but loud enough for Alice and Esme to hear. Edward, please, comfort Bella the best you can. Esme thought. Edward, humor her! Just go along with it! You, Esme and I all know that you feel horrible, and we do too, but go along with Bella for now…just to see how it is…ok? Alice thought. I shrugged. “Bella, I think you need some rest.” I told Bella. “Ok. I am a bit tired,” she said, smiling, “and I think he is too.” She patted her over-bulging torso. I looked down with an agonized expression, thinking Bella wasn’t looking when she was. “Ok, Edward, what’s really up?” Bella asked suspiciously. That’s when Alice and Esme left the room, I noticed. I took an uneven breath. “Bella, you’re dying…” I choked on the last word. “What…?” “The thing is killing you. Carlisle hasn’t seen anything grow so swiftly inside a human body before. You’re not going to live through this Bella.” My voice broke. “Do you think the baby will live though?” What I wanted to say was, “I don’t care about the monster growing inside of you. That’s not a baby, and it’s just surprising how much you love it. It’s not human nor vampire. It’s an unknown! I care about you and you only. You care too much about that damn thing that’s taking you away from me.” But that sounded a bit too harsh. What I really said was, “Bella, you need to care about yourself more than that…thing. This is your life, and it’s being shortened. I love you, and I can’t have you being taken away from me. I thought you were dead once, but knowing and seeing it happen right in front of me is just…too hurtful for words.” “Edward…I just have a connection with this baby, and I love it…a lot.” “Bella, I love you! And that’s not a baby!” Slip. Tears started to well up in her eyes. Crap. I made her cry. “It is so a baby! And I can’t believe you could act like this to your own child!” She sobbed. “I’m sorry for acting so immature, but the thought of losing you again…” I trailed off. She wiped her eyes. “It’s ok. I know, I understand.” She smiled. “Bella, Love, do you understand though? You are dying. You’re paler than me, you can’t keep down any food, if it weren’t for the fast-growing thing inside of you, you would be the most 80 pounds, and you can barely walk!” “Edward, can we please just let this go? I need to relax, and bringing Jasper in here alone isn’t going to work out well.” “Ok.” I whispered. “This didn’t happen. Just rest your head, ok?” She nodded. Edward, can we please come down? I want to see how the baby’s doing! And I want to help Bella, too…ok I don’t, but can we? Rosalie thought. Carlisle wants to check up on her condition, Esme and I really want to help, Jasper wants to help by calming Bella down, and if he loses control, I’ll have Emmett down here. And I think Alice went hunting. Can we come down? “Yes.” I said in a dead voice, and I heard Rosalie tell the family. I sunk down to my knees next to the couch where Bella was laying, almost asleep, and kissed her hand. When everyone got down, their expressions completely changed. This is what the vision depicted.