Summary: How does it feel when you have all you ever wanted? Takes place five years after WFF.
Disclaimer: I have never nor will I ever own Twilight.
AN: Contrary to belief I did not leave you hanging with the end of WFF. I have this story completely written, so expect semi quick updates.
The five hour drive did nothing to calm her nerves. She wished that she had flown instead of driving. If she had flown, she would be home already; in Jacob's arms where she belonged. But no, she had to be stubborn and decide to drive. The radio in her car didn't even work. The '68 Charger had been the birthday present that Jacob had promised her. She wouldn't let Rosalie put a stereo in it, even if Emmett did say that it was cooler than his brand new truck. Now she was wishing that she had. She would give anything to be able to take her mind off of her friends and family.
Emily had recently given birth to her second child. No one was more excited than Sam that it had been a boy. Especially since their first had been a girl. Callie would turn four while Bella was home and she was glad that she would be there to celebrate the birthday with her.
Hannah and Embry's son CJ had turned five in February. Just like Alice's vision had predicted CJ was exactly like Embry in every way. He was a happy go lucky little boy who never caused trouble. Hannah said that they had gotten lucky with CJ and hoped that their second son would be just as easy. She didn't know what she would do if he turned out like her. Hannah and Embry had gotten married on Christmas of Embry's senior year of high school. Hannah wanted to be married before CJ was born, but didn't want to be as big as a house when she walked down the aisle.
Emily and Hannah had become close over the years. They had lived together for four years until Embry and Hannah had finally built their own house. It had taken a lot of hard work, a loan and Embry working two jobs to make it happen.
Leah and Ryan had welcomed their son Curtis two years ago. Leah had been the first of the pack to stop phasing. They weren't married yet and Ryan has major league baseball scouts coming to every game.
Rachel and Paul had gotten married recently. Now that she was done with school she could focus on him and their relationship. They were happy, even if they rarely saw each other. Paul had packed up and moved to Seattle to be with her while she was in Med School. During that time he had stopped phasing, he said that it was the best decision he had ever made until he had proposed to Rachel.
Kim and Jared are just out of college. He had tried for two years to stay with the pack but decided that it was too much. He stayed friends with them and they respected his decision. They don't have any plans to marry.
Quil is still Claire's favorite babysitter. He is the first to volunteer to watch her, her brother and her sister when their parents need to be alone. His hard work will pay off in the end, that's what everyone always tells him.
He's in college getting his degree in psychology. He wants to be a counselor at the high school. He likes knowing that he's going to make a difference in people's lives.
Bella and Jacob are working very hard to make their relationship work. Between his constant trips to Tacoma, even though he is trying to get his bike shop up and running and Bella's need to call him twice a day just to hear his voice things were going as smooth as they can.
Bella crossed over the Port Angeles city limits as her phone rang. It was Jacob.
"Can you believe that in less than an hour I will see you? I can't wait to kiss you." she said answering the phone.
"That sounds great Bells, but what about Jake? And Paul will want to watch." Rachel said with a laugh.
"Why do you have Jake's phone?" Bella asked in embarrassment.
"Because mine is dead. Hey babe?" she called.
"Yeah?" Paul asked in the background.
"Don't you dare!" Bella threatened.
"Apparently I'm a hot wife. There's somebody else who wants to make out with me other than you." Rachel joked between fits of laughter.
"What?" Paul asked in a loud voice.
"Bella wants to make out with me, calm down." she said trying to control her laughter.
"What?" Jacob yelled.
"She thought I was you. She'll be here in less than an hour." she explained.
"Give me that." Jacob said taking the phone with her.
"I'm just glad that it was her and not Paul." Bella said, still embarrassed.
"Me too. So, you want to make out with me?" he asked huskily.
"More than you know. I miss you so much it hurts." she groaned.
"Can you meet me at my apartment?" he pleaded.
"My dad took the day off so that we could spend the day together. I'll come over tonight." she promised.
"So you're wanting to make out with me was your way of teasing me?" he accused.
"And me!" Paul added from the background.
"I promise you that we will make out all night if you want." she promised.
"I'm gonna want to do more than that." he said with a scoff.
"I'm looking forward to it." she said with a light laugh.
They talked for the rest of the ride to her dads. His truck wasn't out front making her wonder where he was. Jacob came from around the side of the house still on his phone.
"What did you do?" she asked slowly.
"I didn't do anything. My dad has your dad and Sue at the diner. He's keeping them there until I call him." he said in defense.
"This was his idea?" she asked endearingly.
Jacob nodded with a smile. Bella flung herself at him. He caught her, holding her tightly. She crushed her lips to his, making him moan.
"Where is mine?" Rachel asked from the porch.
Bella pulled away, looking over Jacob's shoulder.
"I did tell her that I wanted to kiss her. I can't back out of it." she reasoned
Jacob sat her down with a sigh. Bella crossed the yard to stand on the stairs in front of Rachel.
"I missed you Rach." she said with a smile.
"Lay one on me." Rachel demanded.
"Wait, I have to see it." Paul said from behind Rachel.
"Hey, Paul." she said with a light laugh.
"Hey." he said from the door.
Bella stood a few inches away from Rachel who was giving her a devilish grin.
"Should we give him what he wants?" Bella asked.
"We might as well." Rachel said indifferently.
Bella wrapped an arm around Rachel's neck before leaning in. At the last second she lifted her free hand and put it to Rachel's mouth. She kissed the back of her hand with a loud smack before pulling away.
"Was it good for you?" Bella mused.
"Baby girl that was awesome." Rachel said with a laugh.
"That's all you're gonna get Paul." Bella said with a shrug.
"We're gonna go." Rachel said pulling Paul towards his car that was down the street.
How had she missed that? Jacob made his way over to her, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Ten minutes." she warned.
"Let's go upstairs." he suggested.
"Ten minutes Jake. We can't have sex in ten minutes." she reasoned.
"We can if we don't fool around first." he pointed out.
"Carry me?" she asked hopefully.
He picked her up in his arms, kicking the door shut behind him. Bella threw her head back in laughter as he raced up the stairs.
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Bella sat across from Hannah who had her feet propped up on her ottoman and her hands resting on her stomach. At seven and a half months pregnant Hannah was ready to have the kid pulled out of her. Emily breast fed Cassius on the couch, her breasts were covered by a blanket.
"I would never do that in front of anyone but Paul." Rachel said shaking her head.
"So when you have a baby it's going to live off of formula? What kind of doctor are you Rach?" Hannah asked.
"I'll use a breast pump and bottle feed the baby breast milk when I'm not home." she reasoned.
"I said that too. But as long as I can cover up it doesn't matter." Emily said with a shrug.
"I agree with Emily, as long as it's covered up it shouldn't matter. If the baby has to eat then he has to eat." Bella said.
"I heard that you and Rach made out yesterday." Hannah said wiggling her eyebrows.
"We sure did. Bella isn't a girl on girl virgin anymore." Rachel boasted.
"I put my hand in between us." Bella said rolling her eyes.
"Paul and Jake saw it." Rachel stated.
"I bet Paul got a kick out of it." Emily said with a laugh.
"He did. He's been waiting for that to happen for years. Seeing as he has a crush on Bella." she answered.
"I did not know that." Bella said with a laugh.
"Ever since he first saw you." Rachel said with a nod.
"No wonder Jake used to get mad when I would joke around with him. You hide it pretty well though." she complimented.
"It doesn't bother me. Just like my crush on Ryan Reynolds doesn't bother Paul. We know neither scenario will ever happen." she said waving her hand in dismissal.
"Never." Bella said with a shake of her head.
"So Jake doesn't talk about other girls?" Hannah asked.
"He mentioned Jessica Alba the other day."
"Jared likes her too." Kim said with a nod.
"What about you Bells? Who do you have a crush on?" Rachel asked.
"Christian Bale." she mused.
"Oh, that's a good one." Hannah said with a smile.
Nadine brought in the cake and it was served. This was the most laid back baby shower that Bella had ever been to. Hannah's first baby shower was filled with so much tension that no one would lighten up Emily hadn't wanted a baby shower for either baby. Angela had recently had a baby who Bella was now the Godmother of.
The fact that Hannah's mom wasn't there wasn't brought up. She had shut Hannah out after she and Embry had gotten married. She had never seen CJ, and odds were that she never would. It was her own decision, not Hannah's. Ryan had left home not long after he had graduated high school.
Hannah had decided that she would open presents after everything else was done. They had done the embarrassing baby shower games and Bella had won a gift certificate to the diner.
Twenty minutes later Hannah was opening presents. Rachel handed her one while Kim waited to write the person's name in the baby book.
"This is from Alice." Hannah said with a smile.
She opened the paper and pulled the lid from the box. Inside was a crotchet blue and white baby blanket.
"This is really nice." Hannah said running her hands over it.
"Alice made it herself." Bella boasted.
"You're kidding." Hannah said with a breathy laugh.
Bella shook her head as Rachel handed her another gift. It was from Emily. She had given Hannah a baby survival kit.
"Embry's going to be putting these socket covers on tonight." Hannah stated.
"I had a feeling that CJ still put things in sockets." Emily said with a small smile.
"He does." Hannah said in dismay.
The next gift was from Kim. Hannah was grateful for the gift card that Kim had given her. There were things that the baby needed that she hadn't thought to ask for. The next gift was from Rachel. It was a gift certificate for a spa in Seattle. She had given her the same gift when CJ had been born.
"This way, Embry is saddled with two instead of one." Rachel reasoned.
"And the whole Rez will help him, just like last time." Emily said in a reassuring voice.
The next gift was from Leah. She had sent the gift with Sue. She had gotten the baby three outfits, and a pair of baby booties. Bella's gift was next. It was a silver frame that had 'Baby's First Picture' inscribed at the bottom.
"I haven't gotten one of these for Noah yet. Thank you." Hannah said gratefully.
"I had a feeling. You forget to get one for CJ." Bella reminded her.
"It's the big things that I always forget." Hannah said with a laugh.
Bella got wrapped up in the excitement and laughter. Half an hour had passed before she realized it. Embry was pulling up when she stepped onto the porch. CJ jumped up and down in his car seat smiling broadly. He always did that whenever he saw Bella, Ryan and Leah because he never got to see them. He was the most excited to see Bella.
Embry opened the back door and CJ jumped out of the car.
"He can undue his car seat?" Bella asked as he ran across the yard.
"That's the first time it's ever happened." Embry stated.
CJ jumped into her arms as she knelt down to his level. He hugged her tightly as she stood with Embry's help.
"Like father, like son huh?" she teased giving Embry a smirk.
"You say that like it's a bad thing." he admonished.
Bella shook her head as CJ talked excitedly.
"Take a breath Ceej, she'll be here for a few days." Embry said with a laugh.
"You're staying with us?" he asked, his eyes lighting up with hope.
"One night, if it's okay with your mom and dad." Bella promised.
"We'll kidnap you eventually. We just have to get past Jake." Hannah said from inside.
Bella put CJ down after he kissed her on the cheek.
"See, he takes it to the next level. I'd deck you if you did that." Bella said to Embry as CJ opened the door.
"Bye Bella. I love you." he called over his shoulder.
"I love you too buddy."
"My turn." Embry said pulling her to him.
He wrapped her in a tight hug as she breathed him in.
"He makes me want one of my own. Just not yet." she said cautiously.
"You can have him." he stated.
"I would love it, but Jake would get scared after two days." she reasoned.
"CJ would love it too." he agreed.
"Let go of my girl." Jacob warned.
"We were talking about the two of you adopting CJ." Embry explained.
"Never gonna happen." Jacob said shaking his head.
"He's terrified of kids. Claire scares the living daylights out of him." Bella teased.
"CJ is the only kid he can stand to be around." Embry reasoned.
"I can hear you." Jacob said rolling his eyes.
"It's because he's the youngest of his family." Bella whispered.
"You're an only child." Jacob said with a laugh.
"That's why I'll be able to handle our kids better. I babysit for anybody that will let me." she reasoned with a shrug.
"She does." Embry said with a nod.
"That will change when we have kids. They'll be ours." Jacob said defending himself.
"I know it will. It had better." Bella warned, letting go of Embry.
"She's all yours."
"Oh, thank you." Jacob said sarcastically.
Bella walked down the stairs and into Jacob's arms. He held her tight, but not enough to strangle her. She rested her head on his chest as he kissed her forehead. She let him pull her to the car still in the position they were in. He opened the passenger door and motioned for her to get in.
"You're going to drive?" she asked.
"I love this car." he stated.
"So why don't you marry it?" she asked, rolling her eyes sarcastically.
"Because I am going to do something better than that, I'm going to marry the person who owns the car." he said before kissing her quickly.
"That does sound better." she said with a smile.
He shut her door and was around to the other side in less than a second. The car started with a rumble and a purr.
"Who keeps up with this car while you're in Tacoma?"
"Rose."
"She can work on cars?"
"She rebuilt the engine on her car a few weeks ago."
Jacob was silent as they pulled up to Charlie and Sue's half an hour later. The house had been added on to since they had gotten married three years ago. There were now two extra bedrooms. One for Leah and Ryan and one for Seth. Seth had moved out recently, he was taking classes at the junior college so that he could start his own business. Jacob had been the one to talk him into that, seeing as he had done it three years before.
Sue was sweeping the steps as Jacob and Bella got out of the car.
"You're early. Your dad isn't even home yet." she observed.
"I figured I would come and help." Bella answered.
"What about him?" she questioned, jerking her thumb at Jacob.
"We both know that he's a great food tester." Bella reasoned.
Sue gave Jacob a credulous look before nodding.
"Come on." she said walking back into the house.
It was tradition for them to eat as a family. Seth would come over after work, Charlie would pick up Billy on his way home from work and Jacob would come over after work. Bella being home made it a special occasion.