YES! It's finally here!! Enjoy :)
Oh, God. Get a hold of yourself, Ness. All you've got to do is walk down the aisle, recite your vows, I do, kiss, and BAM! You're married. Not too difficult. Nothin you can't handle.
My knees shook nervously under my dress as I waited for the wedding march to begin. My dad, standing beside me, rubbed his icy hand on my arm comfortingly, hearing my nervous thoughts. I looked up at him through the viel that was draped over my face and smiled. Goosebumps rose on my arm, and he withdrew his touch. Then it began.
I linked arms with Edward automatically, and we started walking. The whole audience turned to face us as we emerged from the doors. I caught sight of some familiar faces as I passed them: the entire Denali coven with their newest member, Garrett (he and Kate were a thing now), the entire wolf pack along with Billy and Sue Clearwater, Oliver, and Zaphrina with the rest of the Amazon coven. But they did not hold my attention. All I could focus on was the tall, dark, handsome man awaiting me at the altar. Our eyes met, and his warm, sunny smile melted me.
The whole thing went by all too fast and way too slow at the same time. The wedding flowed smoothly into the reception, and pretty soon I found myself in the middle of a dance floor with my father.
"I'm so proud of you, Renesmee," he told me as we spun around gracefully, giving the people a show. That was one of the many things I liked about being part vampire; you could be choking on something, and it would still look gorgeous. Even in my heels it was not hard to move my feet fluidly, keeping up with my dad.
"Thanks," I replied, blushing. I did not like to express my feelings with people, something I got from my mom. Edward smiled.
"You look so much like Bella when you do that."
"What?"
"Blush," he remembered. I used my power to read his mind, seeing the beet-red face of my mother back in the human days. I giggled.
"But everyone says that I get my looks from you," I mentioned. I had had a lot of people tell me that I look like my father over the years.
"You used to look a lot like me back when you were young, actually." Edward admitted, smiling, "But you are definitely Bella's daughter. You've got her eyes"
I left it at that, looking around at everyone staring. Needless to say, I blushed at the attention. I danced with Jasper, Emmett, Carlisle, Oliver, and each one of the wolves. Seth and I swayed awkwardly back and forth to the music, talking more than dancing.
"You're going to be a great mom, Ness." Seth grinned down at me with his massive werewolf tallness. I loved that kid so much, he was such a sweetheart. I was sorry that I had not talked to him in a while. He was my best wolf friend.
"Thanks, Seth." I smiled back, then looked down at my stomach. I was not intensely huge yet, but I also was not my normal skinny self. I decided to change the subject.
"So, do you have a girlfriend?" I asked teasingly, "Anyone catch your eye?"
"No, not really," his tone went kind of glum, and his shoulders slumped slightly. "I mean, I'm kind waiting for the one, but I don't even know if it's gonna happen. I'm trying to decided whether if I should just give up on being a werewolf and start to age again, or be patient and wait. I might never even imprint."
He sighed, and I suddenly felt bad. Almost half of the pack had imprinted, even his sister. And others just gave up and settled down with someone. Seth was the only one left that still ran around as a wolf besides Jacob.
"What does your heart say?" I asked him.
"To wait it out a bit longer," he told me, "Ever since last week when you traveled down here for the wedding, I've had this feeling in my gut telling me that I should hold on."
I nodded, and we finished the song in silence. There was one person in particular that I wanted to see. It was not hard to find her; Zafrina was not exactly small. I hurried over to my Amazon friend, ans she greeted me with a hug.
"Ah, my Nessie. How you've grown!" she held my shoudlers, looking at me. I smiled.
"It's been too long," I replied, taking her in. Zafrina was not in her ususal animal hide clothing; Alice made sure everyone looks presentable before the wedding. She had on a long pink silk dress that actually made her look a little… normal.
"Are you going to visit me again soon?" she asked, "I do love your company."
"Of course," I nodded, then was struck with a beautiful idea: Jacob and I could make it our honeymoon destination. We had agreed to hold off the honeymoon until after the baby was born, so it was not like we were leaving tonight. We would stop in for a quick visit, then go our separate way to enjoy the rest of our honeymoon. I would have to discuss my idea with my new husband (eep! I love the sound of that!). Zafrina smiled, and I jumped as a pair of hands wrapped around my waist.
"Hey, . Want to dance?" Jacob spoke in my ear, rocking our bodies back and forth softly. I looked at Zafrina.
"Excuse me," I said, then walked out on the dance floor once again with Jacob. He was no graceful vampire, but believe me he was trying. We moved to the beat, sweeping steadily along. I did not care, though. I was just happy to be in his arms.
"Jacob," I said, gazing dreamily into his eyes, "what would you think of going to the Amazons? I mean, after the baby is born and all settled."
He glanced at Zafrina. "As long as you're happy, I don't care where we go. Just as long as we get our alone time." He whispered the last words, his mouth brushing lightly against mine. My lips tingled, and I was overcome with the sudden urge to kiss him. I closed the gap, and I could hear the obnoxious howling of Emmett behind me. I rolled my eyes.
We spent another week back in Forks, visiting. Then we took at flight back to Ketchikan. The next couple of months was spent with Carlisle testing my blood, trying to get X-rays, and monitoring my health. He figured that the baby was growing faster than a normal human, but slower that what I had. It was difficult to really tell, though, with that thick skin stuff. We could not see through it or penetrate it at all, like it had been with me. But unlike Bella's human pregnancy, I was stronger. Each kick or movement did not hurt much at all. Oh, and one more slight detail- the baby had a human appetite, which meant that I was forced to eat meal after meal of gross human food. Although, that raw hamburger was not too bad.
The summer passed, and school started up again. I did not enroll this year, and was forced to spend my days alone at the house. We made up this excuse that I got some foreign desease while on vacation, and was in the hospital. Apparently it was the same story that my mom used on Grandpa Charlie.
All of my school friends (who I had not spoken to in forev because I was grounded from them for the rest of eternity) sent me zillions of get well soon cards, flowers, and balloons. It was good to know that they had not forgotten about me. Oliver came over to visit almost every day after school, as he was just as fascinated about that pregnancy as Carlisle. I could tell Jacob did no like that toom uch, though he did not say anything. I just had a feeling that Jake would never fully warm up to Oliver.
I was sitting on the sofa one evening watchig TV. Alice was next to me, curled up on her side with her head resting on my pretty huge belly. She was humming an unrecognizeable tune softly to the baby. It was so soothing that I actually started to doze off. But then the humming stopped. I had not noticed the silence, but what alarmed me was Alice. Her steady breathing had stopped, and she was completely still. Like, creepy vampire still. She stayed like that for a while, then all of a sudden her body shot up. I almost screamed, it startled me so.
"Jeez, Alice! What's up?" My heart was racing a mile a minute. She turned to face me.
"I saw you. In labor,"she said in disbelief, "I can't believe I actually did it!!"
"Me?! You saw my future?" I asked, in just as much awe as Alice.
She grinned, "I've been practicing."
"Huh?" I squeaked, "For how long?"
"Ehh, every now and then for the past 18 years. When Bella learned she could stretch her sheild, I wondered if I could stretch my ability, too. I mean, I couldn't see your or Jacob's future. But it's not like you don't have futures, right? So I figured you were on just some kind of different frequency." She explained, rambling one. I just stared, mouth agape, at my brilliant aunt.
"I can't really explain how… how it feels. Visions of you just don't pop up. But I kind of… search for you. In the future." She smiled, "And I've finally found you!"
I did not exactly know what to say. I just stared.
"It's very painful, though." She continued, "I haven't had a headache this bad since you were in your mom's tummy. Acutally, I haven't had one since then. Not too pleasant, let me tell you."
She frowned, rubbing her forehead.
"Vampires get headaches?" I asked, grinning.
"Naw, only me. Well, Edward and Emmett say I give them headaches for talking too much sometimes."
"Kind of like now?" I chuckled. Alice hmph-ed.
"Wait, wait, wait. Back to the vision. I was in labor? Did you see the baby? Was it a boy or girl?" I wondered. Alice shook her head.
"No, I didn't see the baby. But it looked like you were going to give birth naturally."
"As in, not being torn apart?"
"Yup!"
I pondered this for a moment. That was cool with me. The less bloodshed, the better. Alice and I told the family that night about her vision. Jasper beamed at his wife's awesomeness. Mom and dad were happy it was going to be a natural birth.
"Speaking of the baby," Carlisle said, "I've been studying its growth rate. I've come to believe that there is a chance it is going to grow like a normal human child."
His tone suggested at something more, though I did not know what.
"It will age like a normal human," he concluded. I heard my mom gasp in sudden realization. Then it clicked in my head.
"You mean, it might get old? It might die?" I asked, trying to hold my sadness. Carlisle nodded.
"What if, once it's full grown, I have you bite them?" I tried to find a loophole. The last thing I wanted was to outlive my child. Carlisle shookd his head no.
"Too risky. The child will have werewolf blood in it. The venom could be lethal."
I bowed my head in defeat, struggling to keep the tears in. Jacob's hand rubbed my back comfortingly, and he spoke up.
"What if… there's enough werewolf in it? What if it could change?" he suggested, hopeful.
"There's not way of telling. First of all, it will only be half werewolf. And second, there's still the chance that it will be a firl, knocking the chances down to just about zero." Carlisle explained. Jacob nodded.
"But there's no way of telling. The fetus is still growing faster than a human. We'll just have to wait," Carisle finished, trying to give us some hope. So that was that. I would probably have only 70-ish years with my baby. It was not fair! My hand rubbed over my belly instinctually, caressing my unborn child.
Yay! So I'm going to have a little contest(ish) thing. Give me some ideas for baby names, boy and girl. I already know the gender, but still. Thanks!!