A/N: Heya! Thought I would surprise you all with another chapter since the first wasn't really much. Again, no beta so I'm sorry in advance for any errors. I have read through it and spell checked it so at least there is that. Happy Reading!

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Chapter 1

My arm was asleep. In fact, the whole right side of my body was starting to tingle. I looked at the television once again and realized that I hadn't really seen most of the movie. Not that I'd really needed to. I had seen the movie so many times I could probably recite it. In my sleep.

Groaning, I moved the blonde head off my lap, stretching as I stood up before stooping down to gather her up in my arms, carefully making my way to my bedroom.

I lowered her down in to the bed, covering her up before quietly using the restroom and returning to the other side of the bed, sliding beneath the covers myself.

I smiled to myself as she rolled over, curling in to me, and I placed a kiss on top of her head. "Love you Lou"

She sighed contentedly " Lub you too daddy."

Her little feet didn't stop as she hit the ground running and I followed quickly behind, shouldering her diaper bag as I tried to catch up.

"Hey short stuff!"

"Uncamett!" She cried as she reached the steps and was swooped up in to the arms of the big oaf I called a brother-in-law.

He laughed as he tossed her up in the air and caught her again, placing a kiss on her cheek before setting her down and letting her inside, stopping me before I got too far.

"What's wrong?" I asked, knowing his look all too well. "Is she okay?"

My sister and I hadn't been close growing up. In fact, far from it, we hated each other. As children of the system we spent the majority of our lives in and out of homes until our old man bit it and we turned eighteen. We had both been determined to steer far away from the lives of our past.

For all our differences however, Rose was there for me at the lowest point in my life. She hadn't left my side since, and between her and Emmett, I had found my best friends. The two of them had helped me, through the mess that was my daughter's birth and, well, existence. Emmett getting me a job at his construction business and Rose stepping in and putting her maternal instinct to good use.

The two had longed for children of their own since the day they got hitched. Life had other plans and until recently, the two had been content to help me and live out their lives as the "cool" aunt and loveable goofball uncle. So when Rose had found out she was pregnant, she had taken the time to savor it while it lasted and was shocked when not only was there one perfectly beating heart in their first ultrasound, but two.

"Did you forget the pickles?" I asked in mock fright. "Cardinal rule of pregnancy man. Don't forget the pickles."

Emmett cracked a smile at that one and reached out, clapping me on the shoulder. "It's worse man…"

"The ice cream too?" I shook my head in mock disgust as I passed him and slid through the door just as Rose appeared in the doorway, my daughter on her hip.

"Toofers!" Lou called, holding up a string of ultrasound pictures, using the nickname she had taken to calling the pictures after she heard Emmett calling them a "two for one deal."

"How are they?" I smiled, reaching out and pulling the black and white pictures out of her hand and looking at the labeled "baby a" and "baby b"

"That's what I was trying to warn you about man." Emmett called as he opened the fridge and pulled out a beer.

Rose rolled her eyes and sat Lou down, reaching over to point out the last picture. "Boys?!"

"The both of em!" Rose said, throwing up her hands.

"That's great!" I smiled as I placed an arm around her shoulder and kissing her cheek.

Rose crinkled up her nose. "Yes, it's great but can you imagine three Emmetts…"

We both shuddered at the thought and Emmett threw a ball of aluminum foil towards us as we both struggled to contain our laughter.

Emmett disappeared shortly after, taking Lou to play on the trampoline he had purchased "for her" though Rose and I were both convinced Lou had nothing to do with the choice to buy one.

"So…" Rose started as she handed me a potato peeler.

I looked up warily as I started in on the large bowl of potatoes in front of me. My sister was nothing if not talkative and her lack of words let me know something was up. Her face was hidden behind her hair as she helped peel but when she looked up, a shit eating grin in place, I just knew.

"No."

"Jay, you don't even know…"

"Yes I do. And No."

"But…"

"No." I said firmly. "I told you no more set-ups. No more blind dates. No more."

"I don't understand why you won't even give them a chance. The last time you went out you were back in time to eat dinner with us." Rose sighed.

I attacked the potato in my hand a little too vigorously as I answered. "Not by my choosing Rose. I mention Lou and they run for the hills."

"It's not that bad. You act like the child is a leper."

"She might as well be." I stated and cut Rose off as she started to argue. "No, you don't understand Rose. These women, they want a husband, they want a family, hell they want babies. But they want their babies. I mention that I have one and they deploy the 'emergency phone call' and don't act like you don't know what that is. I know you used it on Emmett."

"And it would've worked too if he hadn't followed me home." She said, rinsing her hands off in the sink.

"I know you want what's best but seriously there has to come a time that you just give up. I don't need a wife. Lou doesn't need a mom. We're doing just fine as it is."

Rose leaned against the sink, watching me as I continued my task. The silence stretched on as I finished the last potato and stood up, moving to watch as Emmett bounced with Lou in his arms.

"I worry about her." Rose finally spoke from behind me. "What happens when she's older and she questions about Lu.."

"She'll be fine." I said shortly. "She has me, you, Emmett, Bella, hell I think even Edward is starting to like her."

"I know." Rose said and I turned to find her staring at the two on the trampoline as well, her hand resting on her belly. "I really do. But I worry about you too Jay. When I look at Emmett, I want to smack him. But I also want to kiss him. I wish he'd move out but I know I couldn't live a day without him. He's…my soul mate. I didn't know that type of love until I'd met him. I just hate that you might be missing out because you're scared of someone rejecting your kid."

"I'm not scared Ro…"

"But you are." She argued. "Don't you see that? Mom took off on us…Lucy did the same thing… do you really want Lou to go through that?"

I chewed my lip as I looked back out to my daughter, bouncing in her uncle's arms, reaching up to the sky, and I knew that I didn't.

Finally, I sighed. "What time?"