Protect

Prologue

"Cullen, I'm pregnant," I state while starring into his eyes. A massive grin forms on his face and a big weight lifts from my chest.

"Finally! Took you long enough!" He proclaims, his hands flying into the air. I chuckle at his statement and Cullen calms down. He walks up closer to me and kisses my lips, his hands rubbing my stomach.

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"No, we're not naming him Archer or Ryder or any other name like that!" I argue, Cullen scowls at me and growls.

"We're also not naming him Peter or Chris!" He growls and runs his hands through his hair.

"Well I think those are nice names." I say and stick my nose in the air while crossing my arms over my chest. Cullen copy's my actions and turns his back to me.

"Well, if you can't agree on a name, then why don't I give a solution to the problem?" Charley asks while stuffing nachos into his mouth. "Besides, you don't even know if it's a boy or not." He remarks.

"Oh yeah? Then what's your 'solution'?" I mockingly ask him,  ignoring his other statement.

"Just combine the names." He says and hops down from the stool and walks out of the kitchen.

"Jerk." I mutter under my breath.

"How do you even combine names like those?" Cullen sarcastically questions.

"I'm not arguing with you anymore. We'll just know the right name when the time comes." I inform him, a serious expression on my face. He sigh and shakes his head, a smile forming on his face.

****

"Cullen, don't freak out, but my water broke." I calmly say while waddling out of the bathroom.

Cullen does the exact opposite of what I tell him. He starts freaking out and running around searching for the keys and the baby bag. He stuffs diapers and wipies and other materials for the baby in the bag.

"Hurry, hurry, we need to leave now!" Cullen rushes, waving his hands for me to leave the room and practically pulling me out.

I sigh and slowly waddle down the stairs. A sudden pain stabs through me and out of reaction I scream. Cullen doesn't think twice before scooping me up in his arms and running out of the house. He buckles me up with supernatural speed, slams my door and jumps into the driver's seat. Cullen peels out of the driveway probably leaving black tire marks and another pain shoots through me.

****

"Push! Push!" The doctor encourages.

"I'm pushing dammit, if I hear that word leave your damn mouth one more time, I'm going to murder you!" I scream and push. I fix a sinister stare on his ass and steel my eyes. The doctor nods and I curl my nails into Cullen's hand. He swallows but doesn't complain.

"If you get me pregnant again, I'm castrating you myself!" I scream at him, he frantically nods at my words. With that out of the way, I push.

"It's a girl!" The doctor exclaims, the nurses begins to clean her up.

"What should we name her?" Cullen asks, his eyes full of excitement.

I roll my eyes and smile, "that can wait," I mutter as my eyelids flutter close. I feel Cullen climb into bed with me and stroke my hair.

"I love you." He whispers.