Obsessed

Chapter's 11

Bella P.O.V

Alice almost spits out her food when I tell her I'm going to Los Angeles. She might had traveled a lot with my brother Jasper, but he made it clear that the last place he wanted to go to was LA, place which Alice always dreamed on going.

"For work?" She asked, wiping her mouth with her napkin.

I nod before taking a drink off my coffee. "Yeah, it's just going to he for the weekend and I'll be back Sunday night. It surprised me that Ms. Henderson said she would give me Monday and Tuesday off because of it." I shrug.

I'm glad Ms. Henderson told me she wouldn't have much work for me there, I just have organize her schedule and she'll be happy. She'll spent most of the days in the conference that last almost eight to nine hours while I can take that free time to go and talk to Mark Dawson and be back by the time it's over.

She sighs. "God, I want to go there! Can you take me?" She asks.

"No, it's business." I don't want to tell Alice or Rosalie the true reasons why I'm excited to go on this trip because I know they do not know how to keep a secret of this magnitude. It's better just to lie to all of them.

"Have you told Edward?" She asks.

I shake my head. "Not yet. I'll tell once I get home. I waited until today to tell him just in case he wanted to ruin my plans."

I leave for LA tomorrow after work and I know that once I tell Edward, he is not going to like it. I kept him these last two days thinking I finally dropped the subject and wanted to continue with my life, which he bought. And he was the one who said I didn't know how to act. Liar.

I arranged with Mark to meet at a coffee shop by the airport Saturday noon where he agreed to tell me the story. I feel bad that I'm going behind Edward's back but I can't help it, I need to know without causing some rage out of Edward.

"How's the pregnancy?" I asked her.

She growled. "Horrible. I swear, Bella, I do not want to be pregnant ever again. I have cravings and morning sickness... It's not even in the morning! I get them all goddamn day and it's tiring!" She leans back on her chair and says, "It almost makes me ho-"

"I don't need to know that!" I exclaim, covering my eyes. I don't need to know anything about her sexual life with my brother. No. No. No. No.

She laughed. "Well, it's just a heads up before you get yours." There she goes again, she keeps on implying that Edward and I are going to end up being parents but I don't want that. Not right now.

I ignore her comment and ask how has Jasper taken the subject. "He's excited. He talks to my stomach when I'm asleep. You know, all cheesy and stuff. It's kinda cute."

I smile. My brother has always been the kids loving kind of person. I wonder. "Alice, if I hadn't told Jasper about your pregnancy, would you have gotten the abortion?" She looks down at her hands, biting her lower lip. Oh, no. "Oh, no. Alice!"

"I'm not ready for children, how many times do I have to say it, Bella. I'm twenty-two, I still have a whole life ahead, I'm not ready to change diapers and clean up vomit."

I shake my head. I know Alice didn't want this, she told me millions of times when we were in high school and I knew motherhood wasn't something she was looking forward to until she was thirty. She always used to say there wasn't an pinch of motherhood inside her and now I can finally see it. Hopefully she will soon face the fact and love that chil as much as my brother does because it would break his heart.

I look over my shoulder at the cash register, I want more coffee. I'm surprised when I see Simon there paying for his order. He is dressed in a nice gray suit and black suitcase. It's not the first time I see him at this Starbucks but he always looks so busy.