Note: I don't own anything you recognize...there is swearing in this story so be aware...i have pulled some direct dialogue from the movie in the later half of the story...it's my first and probably only Twilight story so please don't flame me if you don't like it...with that, Enjoy!
He hesitantly came over and sat on the couch near Bella. She shifted ever so slightly to soak up the warmth. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and she sighed.
"I might not be a great cook like Emily but I could whip you up something or did you just want to talk baby?"
"She can't keep anything down," Edward said.
"What if its appetite isn't for food? You are the father and you live off of blood. Do you think that the baby is craving blood?"
"Can't wait to sink its teeth into someone," Jacob joked.
Carlisle left the room and came back with a blood packet.
"You can't be serious. Stick a straw in it and drink from it like a juice box?"
"Shut it, Jacob."
As Carlisle poured it into a cup, most of the others escaped the room since the smell of blood permeated through the air. Only Edward, Carlisle, and Esme stayed. Using a straw, Bella tentatively sipped at the O-negative. Jacob scooted away from her as she drank some more.
"It's good."
She finished off the cup and Carlisle went to get her more. The others eventually came back into the living room.
"Thanks, Mikayla. It never clicked that maybe the baby wanted blood," Esme said.
"It's no problem. I had to learn the hard way to think on my feet but it comes in handy dealing with Paul sometimes."
"How did you meet Paul?" Bella asked.
"I flipped him off. Actually he tried to kick me off of First Beach. I called him a racist asshole then flipped him off. As to how we got together, fate has a way of putting 2 screwed up people together. He, the former man whore of La Push, imprinted on me, the former sexual abuse victim. It's just a match made in heaven."
She laughed and the shivers were back. Jacob moved over and wrapped her in his embrace. I leaned over and tucked the blanket more around her.
"You're pretty warm yourself, Mikayla."
"I've always been warmer than most. Some would say I'm smokin'," I joked.
A deep booming laugh came from Emmett. Jasper cracked a smile while Alice let out a tinkling laugh.
"Edward, you need to hunt. Your eyes are nearly black," Esme pointed out.
"I don't want to leave Bella."
"We'll stay with her. Nothing will happen to her."
He reluctantly left and I chatted with Bella and told her more stories about myself. She would offer her own occasionally but I ended up doing the most talking. She sipped on her cup of blood as she listened.
Evening crept up on us and I could hear howling coming from the forest. Sam must have told Paul where I was.
"I swear if he's this protective now, I wonder what he'll be like when I'm the one pregnant."
"It's hotwired into us to please our imprints. He'll bring you anything you want," Jacob said. "Just don't make him cook."
He offered to stay with Bella while I headed back to the rez. I saw Paul running in wolf form along the forest's edge. He stayed with me the entire way to my house. He phased and pulled on the shorts that were tied to his ankle.
"Why were you there? Sam said something was wrong with Bella. Did the leech change her?"
"Bella wanted to talk and she caught a bug while on the honeymoon. I guess I'm the only one she can talk to since I know about the Cullens' eating habits. No, he didn't change her."
As long as Jacob didn't phase, the knowledge of Bella's pregnancy stayed with us. The army wouldn't find out and there wouldn't be any fighting between the Cullens and the wolves. I knew they would see it as the treaty being broken somehow.
"I don't like you going there."
"She's a friend and Jacob was there. They won't hurt me, Paul."
I kissed him and pulled him into the house towards the bedroom. He needed to see that I was unhurt. He sat on his side of the bed and watched as I removed my shirt and shorts. Standing in front of him half naked, I twirled slowly to show him that I was bite-free. I moved towards the bed and stood in between his legs.
"See, I'm all good. I probably stink so if you want to wait for me, I can go shower."
His lips descended onto my stomach just above my belly button. His hands grabbed onto my hips, holding me in place. Paul kissed up my stomach and kissed the tops of my breasts. While we had been getting more physical over the last month, we still hadn't slept together. I was holding out for his birthday but he probably needed the reassurance that I was fine.
I leaned down and kissed him hard while pushing him back onto the bed. I straddled his waist and stared down at my boyfriend.
"Claim me."
I must have said the right words because he did just that for most of the night. I had only known sex to be painful and rushed but Paul showed me how it should be, taking his time to build up the pleasure and making me ride out my orgasms. Once he even bit down on my neck as he climaxed, drawing blood.
