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[A/N] A nice person requested an epilogue for this story and I hope all of you are going to enjoy this. Thank you for taking the time to read my works. Without your support I wouldn't be here.

**Epilogue**

"How's your back doing?" Bella asked Alice when she killed the engine in front of Esme and Carlisle's house. "Are you tired from the flight? Maybe, you should lie down a bit before we have dinner."

Alice sighed and turned to her girlfriend. "I'm perfectly fine. Please, stop worrying so much about me. If you keep on asking me like every five minutes if I'm cold or tired or in pain the next five months are going to be awkward."

"I'm sorry." Bella whispered. She leaned over to touch her lips against Alice's mouth in a tender kiss. Then she placed her hand on the tiny, barely noticeable roundness on Alice's midsection.

"Am I overreacting?"

"You're just nervous. I'm nervous too, but more about how my father is going to take the news."

They stepped out of the car and a moment later a little curly-head on rollerblades bumped hard against Bella's left shin.

"Ouch!" she called out, rubbing her leg. This was going to bruise. "Try to be a bit more careful, young lady."

"I'm sorry. I don't know how to stop with my rollerblades."

"Nessie!" Edward called, rushing towards them. "Where's your helmet again? I told you not to— Oh, hi Bella. It's nice to see you and Alice again."

"Daddy, I don't to wear the stupid helmet. Daddy J never makes me put it on."

"I'll talk about it with him. But now, get that helmet and your kneepads or your done with skating today."

She frowned and slowly pulled herself along the wall towards the garage of Bella's former home.

He chuckled. "She's such a little pig-head. How are you girls doing? I've heard you finished your diploma, Alice. That's great."

Alice nodded her head and opened the trunk of the rental car. She was just about to lift the first of the two suitcases out when Bella stopped her.

"I'll handle this. They are too heavy for you."

"Bella," Alice started exasperated. "Please, stop doing this again."

"Are you girls fighting? Let me be a gentleman and carry your luggage. Wow, that's lot of stuff for a weekend. Or are you planning on staying longer?"

"That depends." Alice murmured, walking towards the front door. "That depends."

"Well, if that's not my best friend and my favorite stepdaughter." Esme greeted them when she opened the door. She hugged both of them tightly and looped her arm trough Bella's.

"Thank you, Edward. You can just bring the suitcases up to the guestroom upstairs."

"Where is Dad?" Alice asked following Bella and her stepmother inside the living room. "Is he still at the hospital?"

"He's promised to be home at dinner time. We'll see how that works out. Riley? Come down and say hi to Bella and your sister."

"Hello Alice! Did you bring me a present?" the brown-haired boy asked, sliding down the stair-rail.

"Maybe we brought you a present. We just need to find it again."

"I'll help you look for it." he suggested.

Alice laughed and kneeled down to plant a kiss on her half-brother's forehead. He frowned but kept still to endure her caress.

"Do you want some wine?" Esme asked. "I've saved the good one for your visit."

"I don't feel like wine today. But maybe Bella would like to have glass. It would help her to relax."

Esme walked over to the kitchen to get the wine. Alice sat down on the couch and cuddled against Bella's side. She was a bit tired but if she would acknowledge that Bella would start treating her like she was severely ill.

"Are you well?" Bella asked, stroking gently over Alice's hair. "I'm sorry. I know I ask too often."

Alice smiled mildly. "You're just doing that because you care."

"Are you hungry?" Esme asked, filling Bella's glass with the red wine. "If Carlisle isn't here in half an hour we'll eat without him. Maybe you'd like some cheese and olives as appetizers. I'll bring some of it."

She rushed off again and Bella leaned over to whisper into Alice's ear. "No soft cheese for you, okay?"

"You're starting to get on my nerves, Bella. I'm not telling you what to eat and the same goes for you when it comes to my food."

"Is something wrong? Are the two of you fighting or something?" Esme asked when she returned and placed the bowls with the cheese and the olives on the table in front of them.

"We're not fighting, are we, Alice?" Bella stated, placing her hand on Alice's knee.

"Right," Alice murmured, stuffing one of the olives into her mouth. After the first weeks of awful morning sickness that tended to last the entire day she was now almost constantly hungry. No cheese? What kind of stupid rule was this supposed to be? She took another olive and nibbled on it.

"Congratulations on your diploma. We should have come to your graduation but the little one got measles and we didn't want to leave him with a babysitter."

"That's okay. Thanks for the amazing present you sent me. The gold bracelet is lovely."

The front door squeaked and Riley jumped up to greet his father.

"Daddy! Daddy, Alice and Bella are here!"

"Hey," Carlisle greeted them, waving. He hugged Alice and planted a kiss on her hair. "Hello Bella. How's it going?"

"Not too bad. I love my new job as a lector. It's allowing me to work from home what I like."

"Good to hear you're doing so great. Now, Alice, what's up with you? You seem different somehow."

"Carlisle, that's just her new haircut. This pixie style looks good on you, Alice." Esme stated. "Now that you are home, we can eat. Don't you dare to answer your stupid pager when it goes on this weekend, I warn you."

He laughed and told Riley to help his mother set the table. The relationship between his daughter and Bella wasn't something he had been too fond of in the beginning. Over time though, he had started to get used to the thought. Alice was happy with Bella and if she was happy that made Carlisle happy in return.

"This looks fantastic." Alice stated when they sat down at the table a few minutes later. "I'm starving."

She filled her plate and moaned softly around the mashed potatoes in her mouth.

"Wow, you've developed a hearty appetite." Carlisle said. "Take the time to chew your food. There is more where that is coming from."

"I'm sorry." Alice muttered. "It's just that the food on the plane was so yucky that I didn't want to touch it."

"Plane food sucks." Carlisle agreed. "Now, tell me, what are you planning on doing with that teaching diploma of yours?"

"I thought m-m-maybe I'd like to t-t-take some time of."

"What for?"

Bella cleared her throat and took Alice's hand to squeeze it underneath the table.

"There is something we need to tell you." she said. "Alice, do you want to tell your father yourself?"

"Tell me what?"

"Bella and I, w-w-we are going to h-h-have a baby. I'm pregnant."

Carlisle choked on the piece of bread in his mouth. Pregnant? Of the many things he had expected this was definitely none of them. The perspective of becoming a grandfather made him feel awfully old.

"Say something, Dad. Please..," Alice pleaded. "Are you a-a-angry?"

He shook his head. "Just a bit surprised. I'm happy for you though."

"Alice is going to have a baby? Who's the Daddy?" Riley asked with huge eyes.

"He's some angel who was nice enough to help us out." Bella explained. She and Alice had been discussing forever whether it would be the right decision to use a donor from the sperm bank.

The rest of the evening went by quickly and when Alice yawned Bella instantly insisted that she needed to lie down and rest.

They went upstairs and with a sigh Alice kicked off her flats. Her feet felt like they were swollen.

"Lie down. I'm going to give you a foot rub. I know you like those."

"Yes," Alice whispered leaning back against the fluffy pillows. "And you're so incredibly good at them."

Bella smiled and started pressing her thumb against the heel of Alice's right foot.

"Your father reacted pretty good, right? I'm so glad about that."

"So am I. But Bella you really need to stop being so overprotective. It's suffocating me."

"I'm sorry. It's just that I want you and the baby to be safe. You are everything to me."

"You are everything to me." Alice whispered, pulling Bella's face close to hers. "Kiss me."

Bella closed her eyes and enjoyed the feeling of Alice's warm lips against her own. When Alice started to unbutton her blouse she pulled back though.

"You're tired and should try to sleep."

"I'm not that tired. Don't you want me anymore? Am I unattractive because I'm pregnant?"

"You're sexy like always and of course, I want you. Doesn't it feel weird to you to have sex under your father's roof?"

"It has a bit of something naughty to it." Alice admitted. She quickly unfastened the buttons on Bella's blouse and pushed the silk down her shoulders. Bella was worrying too much. That needed to stop.

"I sleep way better after we make love. It relaxes me."

With a suppressed groan Alice pressed her face between Bella's breasts and swirled her tongue over the slightly salty tasting flesh. Bella whimpered when she felt Alice's hot mouth closing around a sensitive nipple.

"You are one greedy girl, aren't you?" Bella whispered. Carefully she flipped Alice over so that she was hovering above her. "Does my girl want me to help her to relax?"

Alice nodded and closed her eyes when Bella's tongue started drawing tiny circles down her abdomen. She felt how Bella pushed her panties down her thighs and a moment later Bella's mouth was against her bare sex. Around and around Bella moved her tongue until she felt Alice's inside tensing up with her release.

"Oh god, Bella…oh fuck."

"Quiet. We need to be quiet, sweet girl." Bella told Alice, kissing her way up Alice's upper body again.

"Shit. Do you think someone heard me?"

"I don't think so. They are out in the garden anyway."

"Good." Alice murmured. "That would be embarrassing if Esme or Dad caught us."

"I'm sure they know we're having sex. Anyway, are you feeling more relaxed now?"

"Yes. You are the one who has more trouble with relaxing. I'm not sick. The pregnancy hasn't transformed me into some breakable porcelain doll. I want you to treat me like always. I'm still me."

Bella wrapped the blanket around Alice and snuggled close against her from behind. She placed her hand under Alice's bellybutton and sighed. She knew that Alice as right and yet she wasn't. The woman in her arms had very little to do with the young girl she had fallen in love with head over heels five years ago. Alice was more confident now and way more stubborn.

She loved her even more today. She loved her because Alice believed in her in a way nobody else had ever done it. This baby had been Alice's idea and Bella was glad that she had agreed to have the child together. Life was good and Bella was willing to embrace all of it from now on.