Chapter Eleven: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Things around the Cullen house were pretty uneventful for a while. Edward and I had regular checkups with Carlisle, and everything was going fine as far as he could tell. It would only be a couple of more weeks until we could learn the baby’s sex.

The day could not come fast enough. We tried asking Alice if she could see anything, but for some reason she drew a blank when it came to visions of the baby. This made me very nervous, but Carlisle said that since the sex is still undetermined it could go either way. So, that meant no baby visions for my sister.

In the middle of my third week/month I woke up one morning at an obscenely early time. The fact that I spent most of the night getting up to go pee, and not really sleeping, made my early rise an odd event.

“What’re you doing up so soon,” Edward questioned.

“I have no idea. Just couldn’t sleep I guess.”

“You haven’t been sleeping much at all lately. It’s worrying me. Are you feeling alright?”

“I’m feeling good. You don’t have to be so concerned about me all the time. I’m not that fragile you know,” I poked him teasingly in the ribs.

“You’re fragile enough,” I rolled my eyes in his general direction.

Giving him a quick squeeze I hoped off the bed in hopes of a shower.

“You call that a hug,” he sounded appalled.

Before I had time to register what was happening, I found myself horizontal once again.

“That isn’t a proper hug,” he whispered into my ear, while circling his arms around my body. “This is.”

I turned my head the best I could to face him, searching or his lips. He knew what I wanted and happily met me halfway. His hand trailed down to my stomach and rested there while our kiss continued.

He was gently rubbing little circles on my abdomen as he pulled away. He always knew how far I could go before passing out, because of lack of air.

“You’re starting to show a little bit,” he commented in a nonchalant tone.

“Yeah,” I noticed taking a look down. It was very slight, and if you weren’t me or Edward, you probably wouldn’t be able to tell. “Just a little.”