(A/N: I don't own MPHFPC. This is the first half of another two-shot. Enjoy)
Book Universe
*Set a year and a half after the peculiars arrive in America*
Emma's POV
"No, no, no. This can't be happening" I mutter to myself, raking a hand through my hair as I pace back and forth across the room I share with Jacob
"How could we have been so stupid?"
"Who's been stupid?" I spin around to see Jacob leaning casually against the doorframe.
"Oh, uh, nobody you'd know" I say, trying to cover my mistake.
"Really? Because I'm the one that introduced you to everyone you do know these days" he smirks, crossing the space between us and putting a hand on either side of my face, lifting it so I have no choice but to make eye contact "now who are we actually talking about?"
I sigh, knowing I can't continue to lie to him like this "I'm late"
"Late for what?" He smiles, still completely oblivious.
"No, Jacob, I mean I'm late" I put emphasis on the operative word hoping with every particle of my being that he'll figure it out. He smiles again still confused and reaches up to push a strand of loose hair behind my ear, I feel his fingers brush against my ear as his hand suddenly freezes and the blood drains from his face.
"What?!" He staggers backwards until the backs of his legs hit the bed and he falls onto it into a seated position. "But we were so careful..."
I sit down beside him and rest my head on his shoulder "obviously not careful enough"
"Okay, I'll go and get a test for you, it might just be, I don't know, a stress thing with finals coming up soon" he says, running a hand over his face.
I rub my hand soothingly up and down his arm before he stands and heads for the door, grabbing his car keys from his bedside table. "I'll be right back, I promise" he presses a kiss to my forehead and then leaves.
It takes half an hour until I hear him climbing the stairs again. Fortunately, Jacob's parents have taken Miss Peregrine and all of the other children to the zoo today, meaning he won't have to answer any awkward questions of where he's been.
He rushes in, holding a brown paper bag which he hands to me.
"I didn't know which was the most reliable so I got three different ones" he says, dropping onto the bed. I nod, taking the bag and it's contents with me to the ensuite. After taking each of the tests, I return to the bedroom, holding them wrapped in toilet paper but leaving the ends with the screens on show, fighting to keep my hands from shaking.
"The boxes said they take three minutes, then it'll come up with a positive or negative sign" I explain, placing them on the nightstand.
Jacob takes a deep breath, pulling me down into his lap and resting his palm on the side of my face to keep me from looking away.
"Whatever happens, it's all gonna be okay" he promises, lightly kissing the end of my nose just as the timer on my watch goes off signifying the end of the three minutes. I stand shakily and approach the tests. I look down and a gasp escapes my lips as I see three pink positive signs staring back at me.
"What? What is it?" Jacob asks urgently, springing up from his seat.
"T-they're all positive" I stammer, a feeling of terror washing over me in icy waves.
Jacob just stands for a moment before a huge smile erupts on his face as he bounds over to me, picking me up and spinning me around once, then finally planting my feet firmly back on the ground.
"I can't believe it, you're pregnant!" He beams, wrapping his arms around my waist "we're having a baby"
He seems so happy about it that I try to hide my abject fear, apparently unsuccessfully as Jacob's smile fades as he takes in my facial expression.
"I'm scared, Jacob" I whisper.
"Why are you scared?" He asks, guiding us both back to the bed where he lays us down, both lying on our sides to face the other, Jacob's arm snaking back around me.
"Because we're only 17, neither of us have any idea how to look after babies. I was only just getting used to the idea that it could potentially be a possibility for our future, I didn't expect it to happen so soon...I don't know if I'm ready" I sob, finally letting the fear overwhelm me.
"Emma, I don't want you to feel like I'm pressuring you. We have other options if you're not ready for this...but I really do want this baby. No, it wasn't planned and yes, we are still very young but it's not like we're going through this alone, we have my parents and Miss Peregrine and the rest of the children. We have the biggest support base we could ever need and I say 'we' because I am going to be there for you every step of the way, I want to be there at 3am to hold your hair back when the morning sickness kicks in, for the doctors appointments, the first time he or she kicks. I don't want to miss a single minute of it, this baby is a piece of both of us, Em, and I don't know about you but I think that's pretty amazing" Jacob coos, his hand running relaxing circles over my back as I continue to cry into his chest, only feeling slightly guilty that I must be soaking through his shirt.
After the crying eventually subsides I pull back a little, looking deeply into his ocean blue eyes. "One condition: promise me you'll never leave"
Jacob just lies there as if trying to process what I just said. "Why would I ever leave you? Emma, you're carrying my child, you're giving me the one thing I've always wanted; a loving family. Even an army of wights and hollows couldn't keep me away from that. I know you've been hurt before but I'm not him, if you asked me this morning I would've said my grandfather was an idiot for ever leaving you and I've never exactly been the spiritual type but I do think now that maybe there was something more to it. If he hadn't left, we never would have met and we wouldn't have had all that fun making this little one" he jokes, laughing as he sees my cheeks tinting red from his implications.
I think about everything Jacob just said before giving a single nod "alright then"
"Alright then? We're doing this? We're gonna be parents?" He asks, excitedly, laying his palm gently against my abdomen.
I smile at his enthusiasm, laying my own hand on top of his "we're going to be parents"
