Love Me Through It All
Jacob POV; xPowellyx
I stood up both formally and defensively, still holding onto Nessie's hand. I nodded at Edward, and smiled at Bella.
"What's wrong, Carlisle?" Edward asked, looking concerned. I gulped, dreading the moment to come.
"Well," Carlisle cleared his throat. "Jacob? I think you should explain." My eyes widened again, and I shook my head quickly at Carlisle, to try and wordlessly persuade him to change his mind. No chance.
"Well," I sniffed, looking at Bella while I prepared to say it, so I wouldn't have to see his furious expression that scared me so much. But I didn't have to.
"You WHAT?!" Edward shouted, storming over to Renesmee. Too late. That bloodsucker had obviously read my mind... "And shut up, you!" Edward added onto the end, glaring at me. Obviously he heard that too. I tried my best to keep my mind blank.
"Daddy," Nessie broke into tears again, probably in fear of what Edward was about to say to her. It broke my heart to see her cry...
"I don't want to hear it!" Edward put his hands to his ears childishly, and my shoulders started to tremble in my anger at Edward.
How could he treat Nessie like that? His own daughter? She had enough to deal with...
I breathed slowly, trying to calm myself. Don't get worked up, Jake, be cool. You don't want to end up ripping Edward apart, do you?, I thought to myself, calming down. Obviously the plan of not thinking was not going to plan. My thought was answered by a dark, threatening glare from Edward, but I wasn't scared of him. I was more scared that I wouldn't be able to see Renesmee again.
"Edward..." Bella put her hand on his shoulder to calm him, which he shook off straight away, like an instinct.
"No, listen to me." Bella insisted. Everyone stopped to listen to her, although her voice wasn't the most important one right now, she generally was very calm in these kinds of situtations. "What happened when I was pregnant?" It was almost a rhetorical question. Edward looked down. "Yeah, exactly. No one was shouting and screaming at me were they? You're not a girl." Bella stated the obvious, making me chuckle inside, but I dared not laugh out loud. "You don't know how it feels to have people stressing at you when you are already stressed yourself."
Edward sighed, stepping back from Nessie. I couldn't help but think, 'Yeah, you walk away'. I think he chose to ignore me, because he didn't look up.
"Ness," Rosalie asked, kneeling down beside her, trying to find something in her purse. Renesmee looked up responsively. "How long?" she asked, finally pulling out a pack of tissues, handing them to Nessie.
"Well," she paused to blow her nose loudly into a tissue. No one cared. "I don't know, to be honest." Her voice was shaky, because she had only just finished crying. I knelt next to Rosalie, ignoring the growl that erupted from her chest, and thought about my words carefully. I didn't want to start her off again.
"When was the last time?" I asked, knowing this was more likely to make her laugh than cry. I knew it would annoy Edward, but I'd rather Edward kill me than see Nessie cry again. She smiled faintly, weakly.
"Careful, Jake." Bella warned, sensing that Edward was getting tense. I nodded once, and turned back to Nessie.
"But..." I stopped to think. "You couldn't have got pregnant then..." Nessie seemed to agree with me.
"Unless..." Nessie's eyes widened. I rubbed her hand with my thumbs whilst I waited for an explanation. "It split."
I looked down, feeling awkward, suddenly very aware of her family watching this conversation.
"I knew I shouldn't have used the one I bought when I was fourteen! Hah! Haaah..." I tried to make a joke, but trailed off when only Emmett laughed with me. I cleared my throat, unable to think of anything to say.
"What do we do now?" Bella asked awkwardly, trying to break the silence.
"Well," Carlisle sighed. "There's not much we can do."
"There's only one question." Rose sniffed, and Nessie raised one eyebrow, the tears still wet on her cheeks. "Do you want to keep it?"
Renesmee looked stunned at Rosalie. Almost too stunned to speak.
" ...Ness?" Edward asked, attempting to sound helpful after his... 'episode'.
"What do you think?" Every one gasped, thinking she was going to say no. "Of course I do!" she put a shaking hand gently to her belly and smoothed it over her shirt. A wave of relief shot over me, but at the same time a wave of shock. I couldn't hold it in.
"A dad." I whispered, and everyone looked at me sympathetically. "I'm going to be... a dad." I stood up, laughing in the shock, shaking my head. "I'm going to be a dad!" I repeated again, this time shouting with joy, jumping into the air, stretching my arms out above my head, touching the ceiling. I calmed down again, feeling emotional all of a sudden. I had never known myself to be so emotional. Kneeling down beside Nessie, I took her hand, a tear escaping. I looked into her chocolate brown eyes, more of them dripping down my cheeks. "We're going to be... parents."
Renesmee giggled with joy, reciprocating my tears, but not with shock or worry this time. As far as I could tell, it was for the same reason as mine. Her and I, me and Nessie, the love of my life, were going to have a baby. Our baby.