The Little Unexpected Things

The First Ultrasound

Edward's P.O.V

I stood up quickly, as if the couch were on fire and stare at my apartment. Bella pregnant? With my child? How... I'm not even gonna go there. But we used... No, I don't think we did. We were so fucked up that day... Fuck, how could this happen? Why like this? This is the last thing I wanted. I mean, she's my best friend... She's literally the most important person in my life, my life support and now we're gonna have a child together? After a drunken night together? Why did it have to happen this way?

I rub my face and sigh. I expected her to tell me anything over the last three days that she was avoiding me. Like she felt it was still weird that we were so close after that night, or that in fact some fucking birth control pill was altering her emotions, anything! Ha, birth control, like that could be useful now. Does every one else know? Do they know we slept together? Did they believe her? How am I still alive after Emmett found out? How is she?

I turn to her. She's sitting on the couch with her hands on her lap and her head down. I approach her and level down until our eyes meet. Her hands grip mine tightly and tears flood her eyes. She's terrified, I can see it in her eyes. This is something we both never expected. I pull her in my arms and hug her tightly.

"Do they...?"

She shakes her head. "They only know I'm pregnant, Rosalie found my pregnancy test and accused Alice of being pregnant. They soon figured it was me and the guys found out. They just don't know it's yours."

I chuckle. "I don't think they'll ever believe us."

Bella groans against my shoulder. "Tell me about it."

We pull apart and I take her face between my hands. Our eyes meet and we both smile faintly. "I'm going to be here every step of the way, Bella. You don't have to worry about anything. Diapers, clothes, formula, crib, anything you and the baby need, I'll give it to you. We can do this."

She wipes her tears away with the sleeve of her shirt. "D-do you really think we both can co-parent? I mean, won't that complicate things between us?"

I frown. "What more complicated can it get? Bella, we know each other better than anyone, it's not like we're strangers. We know who we are and what our values are and what we stand for and we both agree with each other, it'll be much better than other cases."

"But what if you get a girlfriend and fall in love and want to get married? How are you gonna do it with a baby you had with your best friend?"

Oh honey, trust me, I never plan to get married. The one time I tried I almost got married to a tramp but right now my reality has always been different from what you think. I only wish I could tell you.

"If any kind of girlfriend I ever come across cannot accept my child and my best friend, then I don't want her. I'm sure the same would be for you."

Bella nods. "Yeah, if either one of us ever want to get married, I guess our spouses will have to understand we are both gonna be actively part of our baby's life and each others."

"Yes, we'll be. We're not gonna let this break us apart, we're family," I say with a smile. "And we'll be two friends who just happen to have a child together."

Bella laughs. "Yeah, like that won't sound weird to our child's teachers."

It wasn't that I didn't trust her, but I had to ask her if she could take another home test. I need to see it with my own eyes, know this isn't some dream. She agreed and said she would have figured I would ask. I left her in my apartment and ran to the nearest drug store to get a pregnancy test. The lady at the register did give me a weird look when I handed her the pregnancy test and I just said, "Wife might be pregnant."