There was no need for me to find Carlisle because he heard Alice and was down the stairs in the next second. Alice was already on the phone.

“Bella? Bella, are you okay?”

So Edward didn’t kill her. Maybe she’s a vampire now and has killed a human. The wild bloodthirsty first year…I tried to hide my smile as Alice shot me a threatening glance. Jasper just might win his bet. Emmett’s not going to be too happy about that. I refuse to be around him after he eats all ten hot dogs. Jasper has a sick sense of humor.

Carlisle waited patiently for the phone, his hand out stretched.

“Bella, it’s Carlisle,” he said anxiously. “What’s going on?”

My interest was piqued, all the disquiet yet no one seems to know what the predicament is. Even though I didn’t care much for the conversation, my ears contradicted my thoughts as they tried to listen harder.

“I –” Bella hesitated on the other end.

I wanted to reach over, grab the phone and tell her to spit it out. My patience was limited sometimes with Bella. Her vampire days were not coming soon enough. It will be nice when there is no longer the constant aroma of her blood in the house.

“I’m a little worried about Edward…Can vampires go into shock?” Bella finally choked out on the other end.

Emmett and Jasper had walked in then, both stripped down to only their boxers, Esme holding a towel out to each of them, a scowl fixed upon her face. Emmett’s hair was sopping wet and plastered to his face. I tried to choke down the laughter at the two of them.

“Let me guess,” Emmett whispered to Jasper, “he finally saw Bella naked?” They both guffawed in whispers, their heads together. I pressed my lips tightly together in an act to suppress my laughter.

Carlisle glared at the pair of them and they both stiffened and their mouths closed. Again, I listened to Bella on the other end.

“I think…well, I think that…maybe…I might be… Pregnant.”

The laughter died at once as everyone froze where they stood, staring at Carlisle in disbelief. I was lost in desperate speculation but all I thought was it couldn’t be true.