Idyllic Days (Esme - Carlisle Fanfiction)

Chapter 35 -Daddy-Daughter Bonding-

And in the next days I felt exhausted but fine. We still stayed in Venice and we arranged that we will stay here until my condition is stable again. My stomach has grown a bit, but the pain never came back. Sometimes I could feel her kicking, but that wasn’t painful. To me it seems that the growth is turning back to normal. Carlisle told me that the exhaustion comes from the rapid growth which exhausts my body; thus I must stay in bed and relax. I made everything they told me and I was never alone anyway. Bella, Rose and Alice came by for a few hours and the guys came as well.

Right now Bella sat on a chair next to me. We’ve talked a lot about the pregnancy and how she felt. We got even closer on these days. Alice and I discussed the design for the nursery and the others helped us choose.

Twice a day Carlisle or Edward came in to bring vitamin pills and measure the growth. They really seemed to help. I was now an entire week in bed and I felt relaxed and refreshed. Last night Carlisle asked me whether we should interrupt our journey to get back home. I didn’t want to but I knew that it would be easier to monitor the pregnancy and our both health, so I agreed. I could see that Carlisle was astonished that I gave in so easily and I laughed.

“But could I see Venice just once outside of the realms of our bedroom? I’ve always dreamed of coming here with you,” I asked shyly, expecting a no. He thought about it and agreed to my astonishment. So the next day I would finally leave the apartment.

The next morning I woke up in Carlisle’s arms like usual. He stroked my hair and kissed my forehead. “Good morning, my love,” he greeted me. I kissed his lips and cuddled to his side. “Ready for our trip?” he asked. “Yes,” I answered enthusiastically. He smirked and got out of bed and came back with a tablet with a beautiful breakfast and a white rose. “Thank you,” I told him with a kiss. He has relaxed visibly as soon as the growth returned to its normal pace as I thought it would. Edward thought that the baby makes a growth spurt from time to time in vampire pace before everything returns to normal. From that point of view I had such a growth spurt twice, first in the first month and then last week.

The only thing that worried Carlisle was that this will hurt more the more the pregnancy advances. I rather didn’t think about it, but I am prepared for when it does.

Meanwhile Carlisle took the tablet down on the ground and lay next to me. He was still wearing only his boxer shorts and I was wearing one of my spacious pajamas. I looked down on my stomach and how it had grown in this short time. Now I was visibly pregnant. I now really had a baby bulge that I couldn’t hide anymore, not that I wanted to. I enjoyed the last minutes in this bed with my love at my side. My hand lay on my stomach to stroke it.

All of a sudden I could feel the kicking on my hand.

It took me by surprise, yet I took that chance to let Carlisle be part of this and took his hand and laid it under mine. He looked at me questioningly until he could feel the kicking. “Was that the baby?” he asked incredulously. Sometimes I really think that he shuts out all medical training as soon as he is in the role of husband and soon-to-be father; that amused me to see how surprised he was, but it was also the first time that Carlisle could experience a bond with our daughter.

“Yes,” I smiled and kissed him. “Did you feel it, too?” I nodded. “This was the first time I could feel it through the skin, I could only feel it inside,” I told him. He leaned down and kissed my stomach. “I love you, baby!” he whispered to my baby bulge. I stroked his hair with my hand mesmerized by this moment. He leaned up now to kiss me and felt the urge to deepen this kiss and Carlisle noticed that as well. He leaned over me, careful with my stomach and kissed me passionately.

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