Chapter Three: Bombshell

"No no I can't be!" exclaimed Neytiri her eyes welling up with tears. "How did this happen?"

Max and Norm exchanged looks.

"Think Neytiri, think. How do you think this happened?" said Norm, as he folded his arms across his chest.

Neytiri thought for a moment. Then her eyes widened with shock. "It was never meant to go that far!"

"Your mating with Jake went too far! That would explain it!" said Max looking from Norm to Neytiri and back again.

"Yeah, that would explain it," said Norm, as he remembered when Grace had told him and Trudy (with Jake present) of what had happened in the village.

"You WHAT?" Norm had yelled. He had wanted to strangle Jake for his actions but Trudy grabbed him and had to force him to sit down and stay down in his chair.

"It was LOVE Norm!"Jake had protested. Grace who was still in shock suddenly spoke up on the issue.

"Norm, Jake shut up! Jake, you do know that mating is like marriage to the Na'vi?" Jake looked from Grace to Norm to Trudy with complete shame covering his facial features.

"I'm really proud of you, Marine!" Trudy had said, patting him on the shoulder. Jake was thankful that at least ONE person was happy for him.

"Yes, I'm fully aware of that, Grace. I feel really guilty. When I woke up this morning, I felt like I lost the clan's trust. Neytiri will never be Tsahìk because of me. Tsu'tey will still become Olo'eyctan with her ruling with him."

Norm shook the moment from his head.

Neytiri's head fell into her hands as she begun to cry.

Max and Norm exchanged looks.

"What will I tell Jake?" she sobbed into her hands.

"Neytiri, you of all people should know that Jake isn't one to hold a grudge." said Max.

Neytiri looked up with tears still streaming down her face. "You really think Jake will be happy about this?"

Max's face turned pale. He had to turn toward Norm and silently plead for help.

"Uh... Yeah. He will be more than happy about this, Tiri. He'll be thrilled!" Norm said raising his hands. He had adopted Jake's nickname for her.

Jake didn't mind him using his ideas. He used Norm's ideas all the time as a human however he had to tweak around with the ideas to make them more his own, much to Norm's despite.

Neytiri wiped away her tears.

"He won't get angry if I tell him?"

Norm shook his head. "He'll take it better than you have. I know that for sure."

"How do you know that, Norm?" Neytiri asked.

Norm smiled. "I'm his best friend. It must be a Sully thing. I was good friends with Tom his brother and his sister Nicole."

"Jake has a sister? I did not know. What happened to her?" Neytiri asked now more interested in Jake's human family then her own pregnancy. "I know that he had a twin brother. He told me."

Max and Norm exchanged glances.

"Norm, why don't you take Neytiri home? She needs to tell Jake about the little bundle of joy." Sniggered Max.

Norm elbowed him in the ribs.

"Shit! What was that for?" he hissed.

"Neytiri's nervous! Can't you see that?" snapped Norm.

Max suddenly felt really guilty.

"Sorry." He muttered.

"Come on Tiri. I'll stay with you while you tell Jake." Norm said trying to keep a calm face for Neytiri's sake.

Max rushed back to the office, knowing that he was going to do or say something that he was going to really regret later.

Neytiri got to her feet and Norm got to his. Together they walked in complete silence out of the lab and out into the forest. They reached Jake and Neytiri's tree. Just a minute before Jake did.

"Hey guys. I see you both." Said Jake with a puzzled look on his face.

Neytiri and Norm didn't bother to reply. The situation at hand was much more important.

"What's going on?" Jake asked.

Neytiri looked down at Norm.

"Tell him," Norm ushered. "He won't bite your head off."

Neytiri simply stared at Norm.

Jake looked confused. "I won't bite your head off?"

Neytiri took a deep breath before making eye contact with Jake again.

"I'm pregnant, Jake. You're going to be a father."

Jake's eyes widened in complete and utter shock. He studied Neytiri's face to determine whether or not she was joking. He could see that she wasn't. So he decided to turn to Norm who had decided to stand back from the issue and say nothing. He had his arms crossed so from Jake knew he was in on it from the start.

"You knew about this?" he asked with a slightly notable grin on his face.

Norm chuckled. "I was the one who scanned her."

"I am still here." Hissed Neytiri. Clearly the mood swings were starting to kick in.

"Mood Swings," said Norm before Jake could open his mouth to say anything further. "However it seems a little early for that."

Jake thought for a moment. "A Na'vi pregnancy is different to human pregnancy, remember?"

Norm nodded. "I gotta go! I have to write this down. First ever Na'vi/Avatar-human baby! Ha! This just gets better and better!" With that Norm rushed out of the tree and back toward Hell's Gate leaving Jake and Neytiri alone.

Neytiri and Jake listened in silence as Norm walked back to the lab.

"That was awkward." Jake said breaking the silence.

Neytiri crossed her arms across her chest.

Jake looked up at his mate. "You really are pregnant, aren't you?" he asked.

Neytiri nodded. Jake hugged her.

"I'm sorry I sprung this on you." She said into his chest.

He kissed the top of her head.

"I'm going to be a father. I never thought it would happen now. In a year or two maybe. But now?" He shuddered. Neytiri could feel it run through her.

"You are unhappy?" She asked.

"No, no. I'm thrilled. Really I am. This is the best day of my life."

Neytiri looked up. "You are happy?"

Jake nodded. "Why wouldn't I be?"

Neytiri looked confused but leaned up to kiss Jake nonetheless.

They broke apart and Jake hugged her tighter than he ever had before. That was when Neytiri realised something what she hadn't thought of. She had been too caught up in how to break the news to Jake that she didn't know how she was going to break her pregnancy news to her mother.

"What about my mother? How are we going to tell my mother?"

Jake hadn't thought of that either. "Shit! I hadn't thought of that either." Before Neytiri could speak again another voice spoke up.

"Aunt Tiri?"

Aunt Tiri? Thought Jake.

"In here, Riv!" Neytiri called.

A boy of at least 12 or 14 years of age walked in. He looked like someone Jake had seen but not met before.

"Riv!" Neytiri squealed breaking out of Jake's embrace and rushing over to hug the boy.

"It's great to see you. What are you doing back so early?" Neytiri asked.

To Jake's surprise, the boy spoke fluent English.

"I finished my training. I heard about the battle between the Na'vi clans and the Sky people and wanted to come back and fight but sadly I missed all the action." Neytiri smiled and hugged her nephew again.

Jake cleared his throat. "Intros." He muttered.

"Oh sorry I forgot about that. Riv, this is Jake my mate. Jake, this is my nephew Riv." Neytiri said.

"You're Neytiri's nephew? That would make you-" Jake was cut off by Riv.

"Neytiri's sister's son? Yeah. That's me." Riv said with a smile at the mention of his late mother. He exchanged a sad look with his aunt. He looked down at his feet.

Jake realised what he had said. "Oh sorry I didn't mean-" stammered Jake.

"It's ok. I'm use to talking about my parents' deaths." Riv stopped himself so that he didn't burst into tears.

Jake nodded solemnly. "I understand. I know what it's like to lose a family member too. My brother was coldly-heartedly murdered a few years ago."

Riv gave him a small smile.

"You may want to sit down, Riv. We need to tell you something." Said Jake knowing what he and Neytiri were about tell Riv was either going to be a good start to their new life or it would go up in smoke either way it had to happen one way or another. Riv didn't need any encouragement to sit.

Jake and Neytiri looked at each other before Neytiri spoke.

"I'm pregnant." She said trying to keep eye contact with her nephew.

Riv remained silent for a moment before smiling. "That's great Aunt Neytiri. I'm going to get a little cousin!" he said excitedly.

Jake and Neytiri exchanged smiles. "That's right. You will." said Jake; with a smile.

He wrapped an arm around Neytiri's shoulders and hugged her. She smiled as Jake kissed her forehead.

Jake knew that there was nothing more important than family. He was about have a family of his own and he gained a nephew through Neytiri's sister and for that he would be forever grateful.

"What about grandma? Have you told her yet?" Riv asked.

"Ah. We thought you might ask about that." Said Jake really uncomfortably. To tell you the truth, we haven't really thought about that bit yet."

"Uncle Jake, you do know that she'll find out eventually." Jake nodded.

This conversation reminded him of the one he had with Norm, Grace and Trudy the morning after he had mated with Neytiri. He shook the distant memory from his head not wanting to remember it.

Riv yawned. "I think it time that we all want to bed." Jake said.

Neytiri and Riv nodded.

Neytiri went to stand up but stubbled a little making Jake grab her arm to stop her from falling.

"Thank you, Jake." She said with a small smile.

"You're lucky you have him to support you through difficult times like this." Riv said grinning at his aunt and uncle.

Neytiri weakly smiled at Jake.

"Come on you. Let's get you to bed before you do actually fall over." Jake said.

"Night." Riv called as he headed toward the room he would soon have to share.

"Night, Riv." Neytiri and Jake called over their shoulders.

As they walked into the room, Jake headed toward the bed and pulled back Neytiri's side's blankets.

Neytiri walked over and climbed in. Jake did the same.

As they laid covered in the blankets in each other's embrace, Neytiri spoke up; breaking the eerily silence that had come between them.

"Why must you spoil me?"She asked.

Jake chuckled. "Well if I didn't love you I wouldn't spoil you, would I?"

"True. Now sleep my Jake." She said as she turned her back into his chest.

Within seconds, both Jake and Neytiri were dreaming of their new life with their baby when it was finally born. Little they did they realise that their blessing was a little bigger than they could have ever thought possible.

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