Chapter 2: J.E. and Renesmee

Jacob and Bella woke up wrapped in each other's arms, the sun streaming through the window.

"We made love last night," Bella remembered breathlessly.

"You bet Billy's ass we did," Jacob grinned, leaning in to kiss her.

"Whoa!" Bella pulled back and eyed him with a bemused grin. "You kiss your father with that mouth?"

"No… only the mother of my child," Jacob hissed sexily and he kissed her passionately. Bella kissed him back before drawing away again and playfully swatting him.

"You are most bold, sir. Most bold indeed," she teased. "But so am I." She powerfully pushed Jacob onto his back and straddled him. "Wanna go another round, just in case?"

"Is that a question?" Jacob countered.

"Not really," Bella grinned.

And she rode him. She rode him until Jacob came so hard, he saw stars. And Bella let out an orgasm that left her practically sobbing, it felt so wonderful. By the time Edward arrived to pick her up, Bella and Jacob had already had sex for a third time in the shower.

"That oughta do it," Jacob told her as they dressed before meeting Edward at the front door.

"If three times in less than twelve hours doesn't do it, nothing will," Bella agreed.

"Even if it doesn't… we'll just keep trying, right?" Jacob now asked warily.

Bella kissed him lightly. "Absolutely. We'll just keep trying."

Thankfully, they didn't have to. Bella discovered she was pregnant just a few days later. A week or so after that, Carlisle estimated that Jacob's fetus had grown fast enough to catch up to Edward's, and stop the latter from causing any more damage. The vampire fetus still had to quench its thirst, but Bella now didn't mind drinking blood to provide it. Jacob came over every day to check on Bella, who had already developed quite a bump and was ballooning all the time.

So it was one evening when the trio found themselves on the couch, admiring Bella's progress and how healthy she had become. Suddenly, Edward cocked his head.

"That wasn't either of you, was it?" he asked.

"No, Edward, nobody farted," Jacob deadpanned. Bella laughed. When Edward did not look amused, the werewolf tried again. "Mindreading again?"

"Yes, and I think it came from one of the babies."

Bella gasped. "You can hear them?"

Edward nodded. Concentrating, he placed a hand on Bella's stomach. "Our baby… it likes the sound of your voice, Bella. Mine, too."

"What else do you hear?" Bella asked almost in a whisper.

"It's strange…. I thought it was like me, but it's like you. Good and pure. It's happy. And, Jacob, I can hear your baby, too. It likes listening to both you and Bella. It's very content; they're both very happy."

Bella let out a strangled gasp and started to cry from happiness, joining her hand to Edward's on her stomach. "Of course you are! Of course you're happy, how could you not be? I love you both so much!"

Jacob smiled and slowly moved a hand on top of Bella's and Edward's. The vampire looked over at his former rival once before nodding in approval.

"Any ideas for what to name them, Bella?" Jacob asked.

Bella grinned coyly. "I have already decided, but I don't want to tell you. It's a surprise."

Jacob looked to Edward, puzzled why Bella was keeping the names a secret, but Edward only nodded once.

"She's the mother; it's her decision." Jacob returned the nod, then turned back to Bella.

"Whatever you name them will be wonderful."


A week later, Bella had progressed fast enough to look as though she was due any day. Carlisle and the other Cullens had already made plans for a C-section, at-home birth for two days hence.

The day before the birth, Bella was resupplying her vampire baby with human blood when she suddenly dropped her cup. As she bent to retrieve it, she let out a cry of pain. Edward and Jacob came running.

"She's in labor?" they both asked simultaneously, panicked.

"She's broken her back," Carlisle explained. Then he looked down at the pool of fluid on the floor. That wasn't blood. "And she's in labor."

Alice screamed: "Her placenta tore! Edward's baby is trying to fight its way out!"

The Cullens and Jacob moved fast. Jacob scooped Bella up in his arms and carried her now-unconscious form into the living room, where a makeshift operating table had already been set up. Bella soon woke up again and began to scream as she started dilating, then pushing. An hour later, one baby, then another, slid out.

The first was instantly identified as the vampire hybrid with its pure white skin. A girl.

"Renesmee….. Renesmee Carlie Cullen," Bella got out, brushing the still-bloody baby's hair back with one hand.

The werewolf hybrid - a boy - was next.

"Jacob Edward Black," Bella crooned, and it took all her strength to raise herself up and kiss the baby's cheek. "J.E., for short"

"We can all admire the babies later! Bella's losing blood fast! Jacob, there's a supply of it in the medicine cabinet! Edward, get the venom, quick!" Carlisle roared. Once he was in doctor mode, the Cullen patriarch didn't mess around.

By the time the new fathers returned with the supplies, Bella had lost consciousness again. Carlisle replenished her blood supply. All at once, her heart stopped beating.

Edward didn't need to be told twice as he injected his venom into Bella's heart. Nothing happened. Edward began to pump Bella's heart. Jacob put his mouth to Bella's and performed CPR.

"Come on…. Come on!... You're not dead….. You're not dead," Edward pleaded. Nothing seemed to be working, and Jacob seemed to be having worse luck. At last, Carlisle stopped them both.

"It's too late," he croaked on emotion. "She's gone." Edward took the news in stunned silence, but Jacob already felt himself coming apart and he didn't care who saw.

"I won't kill you," he snarled at Edward, blinking back tears of anguish. "That'd be too easy. You deserve to live with this!" He made it to the outside of the house before he collapsed in tears.

Soon enough, his grief turned into rage. Bella and Edward's baby had done this – it deserved to die! He didn't know whether his newborn son was to blame. Jacob stalked back into the house, looking for the monster that had murdered his beloved Bella. He found her and J.E. in Blondie's arms. Jacob locked his eyes with… Renesmee? Was that her name?... ready for the kill.

The world stopped spinning. And all Jacob could think of was the little girl he beheld. The girl he had wanted to kill. But now it was not the world kill on his mind. A new word had taken it's place: protect.

A howl in the distance snapped Jacob out of his reverie. He ran from the room, Rosalie never noticing he had even been there. By the time he got outside, he saw the rest of the Cullens in a furious fight with his old werewolf pack. Jacob leapt in front of them in anger.

"Stop! It's over! If you kill either of them, you kill me – especially her!" He threw Sam back and now phased himself to show he was not kidding. Edward read his thoughts like a book.

"Jacob imprinted on Renesmee. They can't hurt her. Whoever a werewolf imprints on can't be harmed. It's their most absolute law."

The wolves retreated, allowing the clan to revel in the lives they had gained… and mourn the one they had lost.