Sam thought I was asleep as I lay down in my room, a hand gently resting on my stomach as hushed yelling took place between Sam and my Jacob. I did have to hand it to Sam, though: he was keeping pretty calm considering what was going on.
"How could you? This can ruin her life!" Sam growled.
"It's not like we did this on purpose, Sam," Jacob exclaimed.
"She had everything ahead of her—a chance at school, to get out of here—and now that's gone," Sam said, pacing around the kitchen.
"You know she would never leave this place. She would never leave me," Jacob growled.
I was angry at how Sam was making this out to be all Jacob's fault; and Jacob was right, I would never leave here, especially now that I had Jacob and the baby. I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared. I was terrified; I knew with my money from my parents we were financially okay to take care of the baby, but would I be a good enough mother, as good as my own? I got up out of bed. I could feel tears starting to tickle my eyes as Sam continued to blame Jacob. I walked out into the kitchen and saw Sam, Emily, and Jacob.
"Stop! Stop fighting. It's not just his fault, it's mine, too, and yelling about it isn't going to change it," I said, holding my stomach.
"I love Jacob and he loves me. It isn't like he's going to take off, or we don't have the means to take care of the baby. Plus school will always be there. Right now what I need is all of you guys' support. I'm scared and I need my fiancée and big cousin as well as Emily, and you fighting isn't going to help," I said as tried to push back the tears.
Emily came right over to me, taking me into her arms and holding me close. "She is right. Plus our people have always looked at babies as blessings, and that hasn't changed. This baby is a blessing, and we will look at it like that," she said sternly, looking at the boys.
Jacob was the next one to get up; he came over and hugged me as Emily still held on. My head resting on Emily's, I reached out my hand to Sam. "Sammy, I need you. I'm so scared."
I saw my cousin's eyes soften as he took my hand and hugged me and Emily. "Don't be, Natty. I'm here and I won't let anything happen. I promise," Sam said. I could still hear the hint of anger in his voice. I didn't blame him for being angry; he had a right. He only wanted a better life for me, one he himself wasn't able to achieve due to his inability to escape the phasing.
Emily kissed the top of my head and smoothed down my hair. "Go get some sleep. I'll make you a doctor's appointment in the morning." She looked at Jacob. "You go to bed with her, Jacob. She doesn't need to be alone tonight."
There was no reason for Sam to disagree this time. I was already pregnant; there wasn't anything else that could happen. Jacob placed his hand on the small of my back and led me back to my room.
The next afternoon when I woke up Jacob was gone, like most of the other times when he'd slept with me. I sighed and rolled over onto my side and into a ball, wrapping my arms around my stomach. The events of last night just kept replaying in my head, Carlisle's words echoing in my ear. I really couldn't believe it myself. I mean, we'd only slept with each other twice. I sighed, then threw my covers off of me. There was no use trying to figure it out; it had happened, and that's all there was to it.
I walked out to the kitchen in my baggy pajama pants and tank top. Emily was doing dishes from what I assumed was breakfast. I sat down at the table and rested my head on my hand.
"The others on patrol?" I asked.
"Yeah, they left about two hours ago. You hungry?"
"A little, yeah."
"What would you like?" Emily turned and smiled at me.
A sat and though for a second and then smiled. "French toast with cinnamon and powdered sugar sounds amazing right now."
"Then that is what you will have." Emily smiled and then set to work.
"You're really happy about this, aren't you?" I said.
"Of course I am. A baby is a gift, and it will be nice to have a baby in the house. I can't wait until we go and do the shopping. I want to buy the crib. I know you're more than financially okay to afford one, but I want to do it as a gift," Emily said as she worked.
I smiled some. "I'm not going to argue because you'll just wind up doing it anyway and I don't want to wind up with two cribs in this house."
The following days weren't eventful. The boys spent their time patrolling, then every night two of them went to the training meetings. Before we knew it, it was the day Jacob was leaving to take Bella up to the mountain. He was staying there overnight to keep watch, then Seth was to take over in the morning. There was just one issue: they all expected me to stay back here on the res.
"I'm going with you!" I growled, folding my arms defiantly across my chest as I stood in front of the wolf pack.
"You are not going up there, not while you're caring my child!" Jacob growled back.
"Your child? It's ours, Jacob, and I'm going. You aren't my father or my boss, Jacob," I shot back.
"Natalie, it's too dangerous for you to go to the fight; besides, we need one of us here if things go badly and they come this way," Sam said.
"I hate this. You say I'm part of the pack, yet I'm always the one just sitting around looking pretty," I growled.
Jacob sighed and walked over to me.
"Natalie, I'd be nothing but a worried ball of nerves if I knew you were fighting and was unable to concentrate. Please just stay here—we need you here," Jacob said.
"Fine, but don't think I like it," I said before turning and walking past Emily and the others. I stopped at the back door and turned and glared at Jacob, my eyes flashing yellow.
"You're in the doghouse for that comment, Jacob," I growled before going inside.
I went straight to my room and laid down, hugging my pillow. My life was so complicated sometimes. I really wished I could have some kind of normal life, but no. I had to live in a world of monsters and fights against good and evil. Tomorrow could change everything; I could lose everything tomorrow, my love and my cousin as well as my dysfunctional family. I wouldn't be able to handle it if that happened.
I stood there and watched Natalie storm into the house. Emily walked over and placed a hand on my shoulder.
"Don't take it too personally, Jacob. She's scared and is lashing out. You guys are all she has left in this world, and to lose you would break her beyond repair," Emily said. All I could do was give a slight nod. "Stay safe, Jacob. Natalie needs you to come back—both she and the baby need you to come back," Emily said.
"I will. Tell Natalie I love her and I'll come back to both her and our baby," I said, looking down at the scared woman next to me.
"I will. You'd better go now. Edward and Bella are probably waiting," Emily urged.
I nodded and walked towards the forest, each one of my brothers patting me on the shoulder as I passed them.
"We'll see you tomorrow Jacob," I heard Sam say.
I nodded and disappeared into the forest. I ran, heading to the clearing where I was to meet Edward and Bella.
A/N: Okay this sequel is starting to come to a close then it's on to breaking dawn. And some amazing news for you my readers I finish school in 3 weeks so that means more free times yay, but not a lot since that also means I need to start looking for a real life job. But defiantly more time for writing so I want to thank all of you for being so patient and understanding you all are the best and I love you guys all.
