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J POV
"Well, it's not like we tried to get pregnant it just happened." Edward said sheepishly.
"Hmm…" Carlisle looked at me accusingly. The guy maybe generous and welcoming with everyone else, but with me I could tell he wanted to kill me.
"Yes, I remember discussing that. Edward and I discussed it afterwards and Edward wanted to just let 'fate' happen." I growled out 'fate' because I hated the thought, but Edward had a point that my imprinting was fate. "You also said the likely hood of Edward getting pregnant again was very very small, but here we are. Also, that if he did get pregnant again it wouldn't be life threatening, we'd just have to keep a closer eye on him and the baby." I pointed out.
"Yes, I did say those things. I just don't want to see Edward get any weaker than what he is. Each pregnancy has gotten harder for him. It looks like you've already made up your minds about this, let's check you out Edward. Go into my exam room and I'll be in shortly."
"Great, my favorite!" Edward stated sarcastically. He grabbed my hand and pulled me in with him. As soon as he had the stupid gown on he plopped down in my lap.
"Well, can I help you?" I laughed.
"Help me forget what is about to happen." He sighed against my neck. I hated this part as well. Edward's 'uterus', I guess it would still be called that, is too thick for an ultrasound to get through so Carlisle has to use some kind of long probe thing and stick it in him to get a look. It happens during every exam Edward has while pregnant or he thinks he's pregnant, which has turned out he is actually pregnant every time he has thought he was. So, I really don't think there is a need for this but just to make sure nothing else is wrong with him we have to be here.
"I'm sorry baby. Just try to relax and imagine we're at home, alone in our bed, and it's me inside you and not some metal thing." I whispered as I nibbled on his ear.
"It's way too small to imagine that." Edward starts laughing. "Plus when we're alone having sex, my father isn't watching." He added. Then there was a knock on the door and Carlisle walked in.
"Alright Edward, I know you hate this but it has to be done. Please lie on your back on the table and put your feet in the stirrups." Edward didn't look like he was going to move so I picked him up and placed him on the table. I stayed there holding his hand and starring into his eyes. His golden eyes starring back at me. "Deep breathe Edward," Carlisle coached as he probed my husband. Edward's face screwed up into a grimace, it made my heart ache to watch him like this. "Relax Edward and breath normally now." Soon a faint heart beat was on coming through the speakers.
"Jake!" Edward smiled excitedly.
"I know Edward, I know." I kissed him passionately, I don't care that Carlisle was watching and sending me dirty glares.
"Edward you can get dressed and come on out to my office when you're ready." Carlisle informed us after he finished his physical exam. We sat there for a few more minutes making out, but I soon needed air.
"Alright, let's get you dressed so we can go home."
"Carlisle wants to talk to us first." Edward sighed as he sat up and pulled the gown off. I helped him dress and soon we were back out sitting in front of Carlisle.
"The scan shows you are about a month into your pregnancy. I know you've gone through this before and know what to expect. Your baby is perfectly healthy from what I can see so far. Any questions?"
"I don't think I have any. What about you Jake?" Edward looked to me.
"Nope, can we go now?" I just wanted to get away from Carlisle's evil gaze at me.
"Yes, but I want to see that grandson of mine before you leave." Carlisle answered with a smile on his face as he stood up. We went back downstairs to find Alice and Esme playing on the floor with Aidan.
"Papaw," he shouted excitedly as we walked in and ran straight into Carlisle's arms.
"Hey there buddy! How are you today?"
"Yum yum!"
"I'm guessing Grandma fed you." Carlisle laughed as he spun Aidan in circle and Aidan just laughed the whole time.
"Is there something you want to tell us Edward?" Alice chirped.
"Actually, I was thinking we would wait to tell everyone tomorrow at our weekly gathering." Edward told her.
"Edward, why don't you let Aidan stay tonight and you can take him home tomorrow when you come over?" Esme asked sweetly.
"That sounds like a great idea." I answered for him.
"I guess that'd be fine. We should go; I want to be home when Alexis and Jason get home from school." He turned to me and I simply nodded at him. He went over to Carlisle and hugged him and Aidan, whispering his goodbye and love in his ear. Aidan scrambled out of Carlisle's grip and ran to me.
"Bye Papa!"
"Bye little guy." I kissed his cheek and sat him back down. "Be good Aidan, don't cause trouble. Bye everybody." Edward and I walked silently out to the truck. I could feel him watching me the entire ride home. "What is it Edward?"
"Nothing, I just like watching you." He squeezed my hand.
"So, you're really not even going to give me a hint at what I need to talk to Jason about?"
"No, and don't say anything either. It should be something he comes to you for and don't make him feel bad about it, he has done nothing wrong."
"Now you're making me worry." I grumbled.
"I'm sorry, let's just stop talking about it." We pulled into the driveway and noticed Dad was outside in his yard. Shortly after we got married we bought a house that was on the border of La Push and now I can see my parents' house from the front porch. "Maybe we should invite your family over for dinner tonight and tell them." Edward noticed me watching my Dad.
"That'd be great baby; I'm going to go talk to Dad about it." I kissed his cheek and walked across the road. "Hey Dad!"
"Hey son! How are you?" He asked as he walked over to me and gave me a hug.
"Good, Edward and I actually just got some good news and we wanted to know if you and Papa wanted to come over tonight and celebrate a little."
"That sounds good to me, but of course I'll have to talk it over with your father."
"Let me call him, okay? I'm sure I can get him to loosen up and come over."
"Okay, does Edward want any help preparing or anything?" He asked.
"He might need a little help; he's not used to cooking to Pop's standards. Just come over whenever you're ready, I'll make sure Pop knows you'll be at my house."
"Okay, I'll be over shortly."
"See you then." I went back home and called Paul to tell him he, Rachel, and their two kids should come over tonight. He agreed and said they'd be over around 6:30. I called Pop after and told him about tonight. I made sure he knew not to expect Dad to be home when he got there because he would already be here helping Edward. I could hear him roll his eyes at that; he thinks Edward should know how to prepare for a party by now. I felt like hanging up on him, but I knew that wouldn't help anything. We talked shortly about business and then I heard the kids come in and hung up the phone.
"I don't want to talk about it!" I heard Jason growl in the living room.
"You have to tell Papa, you can't keep this from him!" Alexis hissed back at him.
"Alright, stop arguing." I interrupted. "What do you need to tell me?" I asked Jason. His eyes immediately went to the floor. "Answer me Jas." I warned.
"I…I…" he was stumbling over his words, his bronze locks of hair falling in his face. He definitely looks more like Edward. He has his hair, his natural green eye color, and his shorter height. But, he has my dark skin and sort of my body build.
"Stefan imprinted on him, jeez I can't believe that was so hard for you to spit out." Alexis sighed as she went into the kitchen.
"Are you mad at me?" He whispered. My head was spinning. Stefan, Sam's oldest son who is about 20 imprinted on my 16! year old son!?
"Why would I be mad at you?" I suddenly remembered his question.
"Because, being your son I should have an alpha gene, but I'm a submissive. True alphas aren't submissive. If you ever wanted me to, I couldn't take over the pack."
"I don't care about that Jason. Sure, I'm a little stunned that you're a sub but it doesn't matter." I pulled him to my chest and held him tight. I could feel his walls breaking down and my shirt was soon wet from his tears. "What's wrong Jas, why are you crying?"
"I'm scared! He looks at me like he owns me, like I have to listen to him or he'll hurt me. I can't even talk to another boy without him all over me or yelling at me. I try to tell him it was innocent, but he doesn't let me explain. He'll just push himself on me or he'll hit me." He was sobbing; my son hasn't cried like this since he was 5 and fell off his bike. It infuriates me that Stefan has hurt my son. "The worst part is, I'm not mad at him or anything. I feel like I deserved it or something, that he was only trying to look out for me."
"Well, he was only trying to protect you. As a Dom it's his job to take care of you and make sure you don't put yourself in a bad situation, but I'm going to talk to him about it. He should have came talk to me before he even approached you, I can't believe Sam didn't make him talk to me. How long has this been going on?"
"About a week, I said something to him about talking to you first and he smacked me. I haven't brought it up again. Why does he always smack me when I question him?"
"Because a Sub isn't supposed to question their Dom, or at least that is what they think." I'm going to kick his ass. "Stay away from him until I've gotten a chance to talk to him and Sam." He simply nodded. We stood there in the living room for another ten minutes just standing in silence. Dad came in after awhile.
"What's wrong with him?" He asked worriedly as he gently patted Jason's hair.
"We'll discuss it at dinner." I told him. "Jason, go get changed we're having company over for dinner."
"Do we have to discuss my issues at dinner?" He frowned pulling away from me.
"I want to know if Paul knows anything about it. Being Sam's beta, Paul should have some kind of knowledge as why Stefan hasn't talked to me yet."
"About what?" Dad asked.
"Stefan imprinted on Jason and hasn't even made an attempt to come and talk to me. He is supposed to ask my permission to pursue Jason. Pop had to do the same thing with your father." I told him.
"Yes, I remember the tradition. You had to do the same with Edward's father, didn't you?"
"Yes." I growled, the memory of that night instantly hit me.
It was a couple days after I met Edward for the first time and Bella had made plans for us to double date. According to tradition I couldn't date Edward until I had his father's permission, so I went to talk to Carlisle.
I was trying to work up the nerve to knock on the door when it was suddenly opened. "Hello Jacob, please come in." Esme smiled warmly at me. I made sure to come when I knew everyone but Carlisle and Esme were out hunting.
"I need to talk to Carlisle, if he is available." I stated hesitantly.
"Of course, Emmett told us you would most likely show up this weekend. Carlisle is in his office, right up the stairs, first door on the left."
"Thank you Mrs. Cullen."
"Oh please, call me Esme."
"Sure, Esme." I nodded as I sprinted up the stairs. I could smell him before I even got close to the door. I knocked timidly.
"Come in." His voice came through the door softly. "Well, hello Jacob. What can I help you with?"
"I would actually like to talk to you about Edward."
"Ah, yes Emmett informed me of your situation." Great, thanks Emmett. I thought sarcastically.
"Yeah, well tradition says I have to ask your permission to pursue him. So do I have it?"
"I'd like to talk about this a little more. I've done some research on your tribe and I've found some concerning details."
"Like what?" I growled.
"The fact that your kind lose their tempers easily. The imprinters take on a role of dominance and have been known to get quite abusive. I don't want my son to be with an abusive mate."
"I won't hurt him." I seethed.
"Yes, well that's what everyone says in the beginning. You may think that you imprinting on Edward is the first time a werewolf has imprinted on a vampire, but it's not."
"I'm not just saying that, I'm working hard on controlling my temper and besides that Edward is like a stone. I don't think I can hurt him that much."
"Well that is why I brought up the fact of the other mixed relationships. In every case the werewolf imprinted on the vampire, and they had several children together. As you know vampires don't age and shape shifters stay alive as long as their mate is.. Well in these cases neither mate dies and they continue to have children for many years. After the first pregnancy the vampire loses some of its vampire characteristics and they become weak. Each pregnancy takes a toll on their body. After so many pregnancies their body simply gives out and they will die. My main concern is not that his body will give out, it's more of the fact that he will become weak, easier to hurt. Do you understand what I am leading at?"
"Yeah, you think after he has our first child I'll be able to hurt him easier so I'll just beat the crap out him. Guess what, our tempers don't get out of hand for the hell of it! Whenever physical punishment is used it is to teach them a lesson so in the future they will be better mates and it will insure they keep themselves safe!" I could feel my blood boiling. "And besides that, I have already decided not to use physical punishment on my mate. I watched my father beat the shit out of my dad for years. Pop has always taken it further than other Doms, after seeing my dad after a beating I swore never to lay a hand on my mate in any other way than loving! I'm sorry you don't trust me but I imprinted on Edward, you can't keep us apart. Not only will it kill me, which you don't care about, it will eventually start affecting Edward as well." I finished my little rant and just watched Carlisle stare at me.
"Very good Jacob, you've proven to me you truly care for Edward. For now I give you permission to pursue my son; but here is your warning, hurt him and your body will never be found." He growled the last part. It was the first time I ever saw Carlisle look…well… mean.
"Of course, I understand perfectly. Thank you, sir." I shook his hand and got out of there as fast as I could.
Edward's hands around my waist pulled me out of my musing. "I never knew it went quite like that."
"It wasn't pretty, and I'm sorry to say I didn't keep the vow I made." I sighed.
"What was that?" I looked down at him with heavy eyes.
"That I would never hurt you, that I would never lay my hands on you in any other way than loving."
"I forgive you Jake, I love you, you were only doing what you were taught to do, what's in your nature."
"I don't deserve you Edward, you're too forgiving." I kissed his forehead.
"I know, but hey, you're hot so I thought I'd keep you." I couldn't help but laugh along with him; it felt good to lighten the mood. "Come on, you need to go change. Your father will be here shortly along with Paul and Rachel."
"Fine, I'm going to take a quick shower and change. If Pop gets here before I get out just let Dad handle him, okay? Promise me."
"I promise Jake." I kissed him one last time and headed up the stairs. My father still doesn't like Edward and is just looking for any chance to punish him. Of course, Pop is still a little weaker than Edward, but I'm still afraid he can do some damage to him, especially now that Edward is pregnant.
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