BROUGHT TOGETHER BY MIRACLES
BELLA
2 years ago..
"Miss Swan I am so sorry for this mishap. I can assure you this has never happen before and we are willing to take full responsibility for all medical expenses you may have…"
I saw his mouth moving, the other doctor in my Gynecology practice, not my doctor no because my doctor who I have been seeing since I was 16 years old was being questioned by the police… because that same doctor was very confused the last time I was here… because instead having my annual exam I was inseminated without my knowledge or consent and I was now 6 weeks pregnant. I wanted to call him a liar. I wanted to scream… to cry! I was a senior in Nursing school… it was because of said nursing school that I haven't even had time for a boyfriend much less sex in the past 2 years! My life was completely ruled by school work and clinicals and trying to find somewhere in between to breathe.
"Of course we can discuss options with you."
"Options," I asked, meekly.
"I don't normally offer abortion because we don't perform them here in the clinic. We try to take the adoption route if at all possible but definitely under the circumstances I can give you the name of some doctors who do perform those types of procedures…" He trailed off at the end. Those types of procedures. The ones that your best friend got in high school because she wasn't careful… the ones that women get when they are sexually assaulted and can't think about looking into the eyes of their abuser every day for the rest of their lives.. The ones where they forcibly kill the baby that is growing inside of you. I wasn't any of those women I was careful. I wasn't raped! I didn't have a reason that would ever justify such a heinous act against an innocent human being. I don't even think I could do it if I did fell into one of those categories.
"What if I wanted to just keep the baby? Am I allowed to do that under the circumstances…" I asked, kind of afraid of what the answer may be. What if I wasn't allowed to keep this baby what if they made me give it away because of the situation surrounding its conception?
A smile crossed the doctor's face, "Of course you can keep the baby. The choice is completely up to you. I can set you up with an OB here at the clinic that can help you navigate the pregnancy and provide all of your prenatal care, if you would like?"
" Uhm yeah. Sure. That would be great." I said while sliding off the uncomfortable exam table. "I really have to be getting to my clinicals now so is that everything."
"Actually the lawyers want to speak with you before you go. I'm sure it won't take long but they were pretty insistent on speaking with you before you leave."
I sighed as I nodded my head. I was already late so I might as well get everything over with.
PRESENT
"Bella.. Bella!"
I jumped at the sound of my name being called from across the room. In my own little world I had completely lost track of time, not even realizing it was seven in the morning and my final night shift for the week was finally at an end.
My name is Bella Swan and I am a registered nurse in the NICU at Seattle Children's Hospital. I graduated at the top of my class from nursing school which surprised a lot of people seeing as though two weeks before graduation I gave birth to identical triplets, Adeline, Charlotte, and Evangeline. What shocked them even more is that I stayed in school after being rewarded nearly 15 million dollars for the mistake made by my Gynecologist almost two years. The monumental mistake that got me pregnant at the age of 21 by a man I know nothing about. Sample # 44142016, the father of my three beautiful daughters, the man I have children by but have never even met. I don't even know what he looks like but I imagine him as having bronze hair and beautiful green eyes... Only because the girls don't have my lifeless brown hair and dull brown eyes. They are absolutely gorgeous and mesmerize every person they meet.
We live on the outskirts of Seattle in this beautiful home I bought right after I graduated nursing school. We spend most of our days alone or with my housekeeper/nanny Carrey, the sweetest older woman you will ever meet. You see I don't have any family. My parents died when I was sixteen in a car accident and Carrey was our housekeeper my entire life. When I found myself 21, having triplets, and graduating from nursing school with no family she was the first person I called. The girls go to Pre-k 1 on weekdays so she is a big help when I work nights or have those pesky weekend shifts.
"I'm ready... I'm ready." I call getting up from the nursing station to meet my coworkers by the elevator.
As I look around I see so many familiar sights around me. The incubators, beeping noise of the pulse ox meters, the little grunts of our older patients. I also see parents crying softly because they were just told their baby may not make it home. Right next to them is a family quietly cheering on their preemie who is about to pass her car seat test, one step closer to going home.
The NICU is a melting pot of emotions. I know. I spent almost two months here with my girls. It can be a very lonely and daunting place especially for a single parents. It's what inspired me to become a NICU nurse.
"Any plans this weekend with the girls?" My coworker, Ella asks.
"No. I think it's going to be a pretty uneventful weekend. Hopefully."
She chuckled before replying," What! Three 18 month olds with a stomach virus isn't your idea of a fun weekend?!"
"I would have rather been back in my geriatric clinicals," I laughed.
The drive home was nice and quiet. No traffic which was a very nice surprise for it being around the morning rush hour time. As I pulled around our driveway I could see Carrey serving the girls breakfast through our big bay window. They had the worst bed head I had ever seen. Their bronze curls were everywhere and the matching footie pajamas they were wearing, a gift from their neonatologist whom I now work with, were absolutely adorable. In that moment I didn't see three little girls who given different circumstances would not even be here. The thought made me emotional to even consider. I saw them for what they have become, three of the most precious things I have ever been given. Their life is a gift every day and I didn't know it in the moment I found out about their existence but now I couldn't imagine my life without them. They truly are my little miracles.
EDWARD (PRESENT DAY)
"You will never know unless you knock on the door and confront them," I could hear my best friend talking in the back seat of my car but I wasn't paying much attention. All I could do was stare at the house in front of me. Huge was an understatement. This house was easily three stories high and I don't want to know how many bedrooms it held. I was a bit intimidated for obvious reasons well obvious to my four friends that were in the car with me but the residents of this house had no clue why I was here and may not be too thrilled with my presence.
My name is Edward Cullen. I am 27 years old and I live in Seattle, Washington. My entire life was turned upside down two and a half years ago when I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Fortunately the doctor was able to save some of my little swimmers for future use… Unfortunately the small amount he was able to extract was mistakenly used in two ways. 1) It was placed into the donor pool and 2) it was not only used to get some girl pregnant it was used on a girl who didn't even mean to get pregnant. I know my luck is just that good. For the past two years I have been fighting Washington law with my lawyer for my rights. They thought a cash reward would soothe me over but it didn't. I don't need money seeing as though I'm a board certified surgeon with a family that has more money than we would care to say. I want the opportunity to know my child! I want to see them and be in their life as much as possible but the law is a tricky bastard. Although they have granted me permission that allows me to know who my child's mother is it doesn't give me any rights. So here I am sitting outside this huge house waiting to get enough courage to knock on this door and face the only person in this world who like me had nothing to do with this mess but I am hoping has compassion for my situation. Her child is my only chance at having a child.
All I was given was her name and address.
Bella Swan

The End. For now!
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