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A/n: so, this is AU, sorry about the confusion. Anyway this chapter is going to be long to get threw Bella’s pregnancy and up to when the baby is at the most 9 months. Some of the months will pass fast.

Chapter 2) Moving on, Augusta Jane Swan

I kept on driving the hours seemed to melt behind me, finally at around three AM I checked into the Santa Barbara. Right now I wished that I had brought along at least some clothing, but in my hurry I had forgotten everything except for my car keys and wallet full of a nice load of money and at least half or more of Edward’s credit cards. I checked into the Imperial suite, I lay on my bed and thought to myself. Where would I go from here? What if I never found Jake? Was Edward look for me? Did he even ever love me? Would I ever get a job? Why did he betray me? How could I not see it coming?

It had been right in front of my eyes for months now; I had never caught it until one night at least 3 months before I got pregnant. As I thought back I felt more tears sting my eyes.

Flashback

It was one AM and he still wasn’t back yet! He called over three hours ago saying he was to be working late but not this late, I just knew it. I called up the hospital. After I had called Edward’s cell phone.

“Hello, Saint Finnegan’s hospital how may I help you?”

“Yes hello? Is Edward Cullen there?” I heard her pause and then ask some one about my question, she came onto the phone.

“No, sorry he checked out over three hours ago.”

“Oh ok, well thank you.”

“No problem.”

CLICK

So he wasn’t there anymore! Then where could he be? I felt the front door open I flipped over and pretended to fall asleep, I heard the thumping up the stairs, then I felt Edward’s side of the bed go down a little so he was finally home. I wanted to ask him where he had gone; when something stopped me I smelled perfume and a hickey on his neck? What was going on, I wanted to ask him when I saw him go into the out adjoining bathroom and heard him take a shower. What was going on? Strike one. I fell asleep with a heavy burden on my shoulders. Why?

1 month later, I had gotten home late from a shopping adventure with Alice. I ran up the stairs the bags heavy on my arms, when I heard moaning, what the hell? I peeked through mine and Edward’s bedroom door and saw him and Lauren his secretary. So this was what was going on! He was cheating on me. I felt the tears but I ignored them, I ran back down the stairs and into my car I drove to the beach tears dripping down my eyes.

That explained it all, his sudden distance, his wanting to get away from me, his sudden ‘meetings’ oh yea meeting alright. That night something inside me broke. He didn’t want me he never had I was just his toy, and when some new toy came along he like the puppy he was would chase after it. But something made me stay with him, I went back home knowing that Lauren was gone after all it was midnight, if Edward asked anything I’d just tell him, Alice and I had gone to the beach or something. But when I got home he wasn’t waiting for me, he was in bed alright naked without Lauren, but my side messy. Strike two.

End Flashback

I snapped into reality when the sun’s ray’s hit me in the face, I had dreamed what had happened those so many nights ago. Like a terrible movie playing over and over inside my head. I had fallen asleep crying and thinking. I got up from my bed, checked myself in the mirror I needed to go shopping and get breakfast or lunch, whichever. It turned out to be lunch had I been asleep that long? Great, I ordered myself some pizza, coke, and ice cream. I ate it all, got into my Bugatti, and when to RL, and Juicy. I ended up buying basically the whole Maternity section at Juicy, and many, many, many, jeans, shirts, polo’s and what not from RL. By the time I was done it was dinner time, I was going to put the last of my bags into my car when I bumped into Jacob.

“Sorry Bella, wait Bella? What are you doing here?”

“Shopping.” I answered simply holding up my bags to show him. He nodded.

“Actually Jake I was kind of looking for you.”

“Really why?”

“Well remember a long time ago you told me this deal?”

“Oh yes, I was wondering if you had forgotten about that.”

“Well I haven’t, I quite being a lawyer and now I think I’m ready to go back.”

“What brought this sudden change? Last time I heard you had no desire going back if it meant being away from Edward.”

“Well those times how gone, and I need some papers” He laughed, not imagining how I would want to be away from Edward, he had known that I was deeply in love with Edward last time I had seen him nearly two years ago, then he noticed my finger my ring finger and saw nothing there.

”What happened to your wedding ring?”

“I took it off, I’m not a Cullen, and at least I say I’m not.” I told him putting on the bravest voice I could muster but even to me I sounded like a scared child.

“Why?”

“Because, things right now between Edward and I aren’t the best.”

“And let me guess the papers are divorce papers?”

“How did you guess?”

“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist Bella, you being away from Edward, no wedding ring, you looking for me. You want divorce papers.”

“Right, your right, so how do I do those?” He laughed.

“Bella, Bella, Bella, for a major in law from Harvard, you do have some memory issues.”

“Shut up!”

“You file the papers, sign give it to him make him sign, that’s all there is to it.”

“Right, but what if there’s a baby per say involved.”

“Well then, there could be a fight for custody, and-“ he trailed of, he then looked at me.

“You’re pregnant aren’t you?”

“What?! No! Just a question.”

“You are, what are you planning to do about it?”

“Ummm, send him the papers from an unknown location have him sign them, and send you to collect them.”

“While you tell him you’re pregnant!”

“Not per say. This is my child! Not his! He didn’t help except donate the sperm! So the child is legally mine!”

“He’s bound to find out! And what custody of the child.”

“Not over my dead body, if he wants his own then he can get Lauren pregnant!”

“BELLA! He’s bound to find out!”

“No he won’t! Not if I can help it! So what do you say Jake? Will you help?”

“Well first things first, I need your credit cards.”

“No way! I need this money to spend!”

“I need them to get rid of them, I thinking you paid for your bags with the credit cards, and he could easily track you through these.”

“Oh, I knew that.”

“Right, so hand them over, I know a good law firm around here, that can employ you and get you help with this kind of situation.”

“So, I’m guessing your helping me?”

“I’ve told you a thousand times over, when you need me I’ll be here.” So I had him on my side

“What hotel are you staying at?”

“Santa Barbara.” He answered me

“Me too.”

“You do realize this is going to hard, being a single parent is a tough job.”

“Yes I know! And I’m willing to do anything for my child, except see Edward!”

“How far along are you?”

“One month I think.”

“Ok, we’ll get you a check up for your fifth month.”

“Ok, I’ll see you later ok Jake? I’m going to Olive Garden’s and eat!”

“Yea, I’m on the twenty third floor room 564.”

“ok” I turned away from him and kept on heading towards my car, with a new hope in my heart. I drove to Olive Garden’s ate and left, by the time I got back to the Hotel, I was almost asleep, I unloaded my bags and headed up to my suite. I fell asleep almost instantly I didn’t dream that night.

E POV (Last night, before Bella got to the hotel)

I couldn’t believe she was gone, she had left, I was so stupid I had thrown away the most valuable thing in my life! Alice wouldn’t even look at me the whole ride to my parent’s I couldn’t face them when we got there. I opened the front door to see every one there! Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, my parents. Alice immediately when into Jasper’s arms crying her eyes out. He soothed her turned to me and asked

“What happened?” I took a deep breathe, and told them the whole story, from me first cheating on Bella, to everything, to now. When I was finished a silence filled th room. The first to speak up was Rosalie.

“Why?” She asked, I was astounded that she even cared, she had never really cared much from my angel.

“I don’t know.”

“DAMNIT EDWARD YOU HAVE TO KNOW!”

“Lust?”

“IT WASN’T LUST EDWARD! IF YOU DID IT FOR SUCH A LONG TIME! AND NEVER EVEN CARED ENOUGH TO STOP YOURSELF!”

“GOD DAMNIT ROSALIE! I DID TRY! I DID!” I said sinking down onto the rug and crying into my hands, I looked up to see Rosalie’s form and her hand back slap me, I didn’t feel the pain I was to numb to.

“What have you done Edward?” I heard her whisper to me, then I saw the tiny tear marks running down her face. Not bothering to wipe them away or about her make up. She shook her head at me, and then said

“I never thought you guys were going to be the ones with problems, but I guess I was wrong.”

“what are you going to do now?” I heard my mother Esme speak up, and saw the tears in her eyes as well and iciness as well towards me. I looked around and everyone had tears in their eyes.

“I’m sorry.” I croaked out.

“My little sister is gone! And all you can say is sorry?” I heard Emmett boom I cringed and waited for a blow from Emmett. Nothing came, no pain no nothing. Instead he said right in my face.

“You’re not worth it.”

“I’m going to look for her!” They looked at me as I said this.

“How? She could be anywhere.” Said Jasper.

“ I don’t know.”

“Edward this isn’t a time to say I don’t know! You have to finally take action! Be the man that your not.!” Said Alice.

I looked over to my father Carlisle for some type of moral support, but he only shook his head and said.

“Edward, we can do nothing, she’s her own person.”

“But! She can’t she couldn’t have!” I cried out desperately, then I pulled out the ring. I heard gasps all around the room.

“Her own person.”

“Oh Edward! I’m so sorry.” I saw Esme, walk over to me then pull me to her, I cried out freely all my desperation. How could I have been so stupid. I walked up to my old room, and fell asleep. Hoping this was all a dream. When I woke up the next morning I was hoping this was all a dream, all a horrible dream. But I was wrong. I woke up to an empty side of the bed in my old room. It had happened. Bella had left me. I couldn’t’ blame her, we hadn’t communicated in months barely talked and I had forgotten our anniversary, her birthday, I wasn’t a husband I had been a monster. Where ever she was I hope she knew that I loved her more than life itself. Bella please forgive me.

Back to B Pov 8 months later

I had been an expert in hiding my feelings. But this was turning out to be ridiculous. Over the past few months I had been healing slowly but steadily. The pain Edward had caused me had been dulling, Jake helped but my pregnancy helped the most. I had ended up getting a new cell phone after Edward and his family kept on calling. I couldn’t’ take it so I had killed it, gotten a contract with Verizon and had gotten a LG Voyager. I had yet to file the divorce papers, it was as if some part of me was still waiting for him to come back to me. I moved away from those thoughts anyways I had also gotten a nice 4 bedroom flat around the Santa Barbara region, it was still to close to home but I liked it here. Oh did I mention I had taken up being a lawyer again? Well I had and I earned well, I was ready for my baby to come any time now.

It had been revealed that I was expecting a little girl, but it didn’t help the fact that everyday I constantly felt fat. I was getting up this morning after a night of back pains, I was about to make breakfast when I felt pain shoot up my body. I immediately called Jake he answered on the first ring.

“Hello?”

“Jake get your ass here now!”

“Why? What’s wrong?”

“I think I’m in labor!’ I screamed into the phone.

“Jake???”

CLICK

He better be getting over here! 5 minutes later look who was here! Jake, look frazzled.

“LETS GO!” I screamed out. He drove me to the hospital in record time got me in a wheel chair signed me in and by noon, I had given birth on a chilly December morning. The labor process had been most painful, but the feeling of having her in arms was too much for me, she had Edward’s emerald eyes, my hair color, my lips but Edward’s nose. She was perfect like a dolly. I cradled her in my arms, her eyes opened and I said

“hey, hi there I’m your mommy, and I have been waiting 9 long months for your birth.” She smiled up at me, yawned and fell asleep. The nurse came in and said

“Well, hello there, Ms. Swan, I was wondering if you had a name for you child yet.”

“Oh yes, I want to name her Augusta Jane.”

“Good name option, not many people pick Augusta.”

“yea I know. “ She smiled and took my daughter away from me.

“We have to run some teasts but anyways she will be back for her to eat. If you keep making this type of progress you can be checked out by tomorrow.”

“Thank you.” Jake came in shortly after the nurse was gone, he had brought roses. He was such a sweet heart.

“I saw the baby, she’s beautiful, the most beautiful baby I’ve ever seen.”

I giggled.

“Jake she’s the only baby you’ve ever seen.”

“Minor detail, what’s her name?”

“Augusta Jane.”

“That’s a good name, when are you getting checked out?”

“Tomorrow hopefully.”

“Still feel fat?” He asked me grinning

“No, actually when Augusta came out everything drained out with her. I’m back to my normal size many a size 3 though.”

“Right, well I’ve got to get going, I’ve got a meeting and tell Charlie and Renee that their granddaughter had been born.”

“Right.” He kissed my cheek then left.

I fell asleep and he went, I woke up when I felt Augusta placed upon, I cooed her. She was hungry I could tell, so I quickly fed her. She spent the night with me and by the next morning I was being checked out. I was moving on and Edward was now a distant memory. The first few days were difficult but luckily Renee flew in from Arizona to help me out with Augusta. I loved this child she was calm unlike most newborns and very curious already, she was a especially a hair puller, many an afternoon I had come home to see Renee trying to pull her hair free from Augusta’s deadly steel iron grip. Or so Renee called it. By the third month Renee had flown back and now Charlie had come to see his granddaughter who had him wrapped around her pinkie from the first time Charlie saw her. I saw her grow up and some part of me couldn’t help but feel bad, Edward would never see her grow up or in her tender years. I had to forget about that.

And move forward after all I had, for the past in all about fifteen months now. When Charlie left Augusta was barely nine months and already eating mashed up food and other things and standing as well. I was getting worried however she had yet to say her first word. When one day I came home to see Jake bouncing her up with his knee, when she stretched out her little hands and said

“Mama.” I was blown away, I raced to her picked her up and heard her laugh, I kissed her chubby cheeks, and saw Jake grinning.

“So she finally said her first word?”

“Yea.” I was speechless.

“I have to go now, Bells.”

“yea.”

“Love you.”

“Love you too.” I kissed his cheek and closed my door. I had grown into habit telling him I Love You, in brother sister way of course. I placed Augusta in her play pen for little while to put on a tank top and sweats. When I had barely put on my sweats when I heard her call out.

“Mama! Mama!” I raced over to her picked her up and said

“What baby?” She pointed at the refrigerator, she was hungry. I put her in her high chair and made something soft for her I made 2 plates of macaroni and cheese. I was about to feed her with a fork when she beat me to it, she placed her hands in her bowl, grabbed handfuls of her food and stuffed them into her mouth. I had to laugh and take a picture of it onto my cell phone. She was too cute. She acted just like my cousin Austin. Austin Augusta. Perfect, those names went hand in hand. I would start calling this little child of mine Austin. How do you like the name Austin? She only looked up at me in wonder. I laughed and picked her up from her high chair she needed a bath.

I ran the bath but bubbles in it and her rubber ducky. She put up a fight as I tried to set her into the bath, but I succeed, I washed her head, her body and when she was done I put her into one of her pink footie pjs. She squealed in delight as I tickled her, then I put her down into her crib, she looked at me I looked at her, she reached out for me.

“mama.”

“You want to sleep with me tonight?” I asked her.

Her only response was sitting, reaching out for me and pulling my hair.

“Ok.” I picked her up and took her to my room. I set her down in the middle. Under my white covers and she instantly feel asleep. I laughed to myself silently. Who would’ve though that so many months had passed sine the Edward incident that I had gotten this far with out his help. I was finally ready to move on, he wasn’t the center of my life, he never was. Maybe he was at some point but not anymore. If I could get this far then I could get even farther, single parenting wasn’t easy but with help I could pull through I always did. Tomorrow I would talk to Jake about the divorce papers, moving on had to start somewhere.

I started to think to myself, nearly 10 months ago she had been born at 8 pounds 4 ounces, on December 12th mine and Edward's annerversary. Now months later on October her birthday was only 2 motnhs away her first year about to be completed. Had it actually been such a long time ago that I had left Edward? I did miss him, but not enough to go back to him he was probably with Lauren right now. Maybe already married to that skank. I had to get to sleep soon, tomorrow I had a big day planned for me and Austin, and Edward wasn't needed.

End chapter 2

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Next chapter is going to be an Edward centered chapter, leading up to the divorce papers. Lets see how he’s coped. And don’t’ worry this is a B&E they will end up together.