AN: I don't own Twilight or anything other than Mia and the plot. My second fanfic so I'm hoping that it kinda goes well. Rated mainly for language at first but you never know ;) BTW Not compliant with the books that much.

Chapter 1 - God, Birthing's A Bitch

Screaming. That was all that could be heard. Focusing on the task at hand, Bella Swan tried to comfort the distressed girl in front of her.

"Bella it hurts so fucking much!" The younger girl cried out again, the pain returning. "Holy shit, make it stop!"

"Mia I'm so sorry, but you have to do this." Bella Swan clutched the girl's hand in both of hers, squeezing lightly."Just a little more then it will all be over."

"Bells, I need him. Where is he? I thought..." Mia looked pleadingly at her older cousin, tears brimming in her bright blue eyes, threatening to spill over, her normally ivory skin now an angry red and burning to the touch.

"I don't know honey, I just - I wish I knew." Bella looked around the hospital room, as if he would just appear in front of them.

"8 centimetres dilated, almost there. Not long now. A little while longer." Dr Carlisle Cullen glanced at Bella then back to Mia.

"Bella, ask Edward if he would find him. Please." A single tear slid down her face, brushing the corner of her full lipped mouth. "I need him here. I'm so scared."

The last part almost whispered, as if admitting her fear out loud would make it more real, and make her weaker.

Nodding, Bella let go of her hand and ran through the door, seeing Edward sitting in the waiting room.

"Bella, is everything alright?" Edward stood up from his seat and rushed over to his love.

"Fine, 8 centimetres gone." She paused, looking in his eyes. "But Edward, Mia.. She needs you to find him, she's scared, she doesn't want her baby born without him there."

"I'll be back as soon as I can." Edward kissed her forehead lightly, then rushed out of the doors, into the pouring rain, trying to locate him. Running through the forest, he caught trace of a familiar scent and followed it to a nearby oak tree.

He looked up as Edward approached. The rain was heavily falling towards the ground, soaking his tanned body, yet he still sat at the base of the tree, dressed in his usual torn jean shorts. Their eyes met, amber and brown, and Edward knelt down softly beside him, speaking gently.

"She's so close, but she needs you there." Edward stood, offering a hand to pull him up. "It's hard, I know, but you have to do this, you have to go to her Jacob."

AN: Re-writing chapters 1 + 2 before posting chapter 3. To stop confusion, this is set in the near present time, whilst the next chapter goes back to when Mia first arrived in the lovely town of Forks. x