Chapter 6:

Pain, Burns, Screeching, Scares, and Worries. Warning: You Might Wanna Brace Yourselves for This One

The next day, Jasper and I paced up and down in the living room. We were waiting for that special moment. I was getting impatient since I saw no vision of me giving birth any time soon. The rest of the family was in the living room too. They stared at me, Jasper, and occasionally A.C.

"Is it time now? Renesmee asked, sitting upside-down on the recliner.

"No," I said.

Renesmee was quiet for about a second before she asked me a question again. "How 'bout now?"

"Renesmee!" Edward scolded.

"Edward, it's fine," I said. "I'm getting impatient too."

I picked up Renesmee before she was able to feel all of her blood touch her brain. I sat on the recliner and put Renesmee on my lap. She hugged me tightly. A.C. came up to us. She hugged me around my neck and rested her head on top of mine.

"Alice, are they coming now?" Jasper asked and stopped pacing.

I shook my head.

"Maybe they're not coming today," Rosalie said.

I sighed and then groaned. These twins have to get here soon. I'll probably go crazy if they don't come today.

Renesmee put her ear to my stomach. "Even the baby is getting impatient."

"Which one?" I asked.

Everyone but A.C., Edward, Jasper, and Emmett look at me. Crap, I forgot to tell them that I'm having twins!

"Oh, I'm having twin girls," I told them.

"Girls?" Bella asked.

"Twin girls?" Esme added.

"Yup! And they're names are Carly Alice and Jalice Mary!" Jasper exclaimed happily and patted my shoulder. I looked up and smiled slightly at him.

"Carly's gonna have my name!" Renesmee beamed. "Or my middle name at least."

"And Jalice and I have the same middle name," A.C. told Renesmee. They gave each other high fives.

"Where'd you get the name Jalice from?" Bella asked.

"From A.C. She said that Renesmee thinks it's me and Alice's 'couple name'," Jasper explained using air quotes.

Renesmee smiled a smile that made her eyes close. A.C. giggled at it. We all noticed Renesmee glare at her. Sisters these days.

We were all quiet for about an hour. Renesmee even almost fell asleep. But she stayed awake from the constant kicking made by the twins. The twins were impatient. Sharp pains ran through my body. My throat started burning. Then, one of the twins kicked my stomach with too much force. I winced loudly and A.C. and Renesmee stopped hugging me. Everyone eyed me with fear.

"Is it time now?" Renesmee asked with wide eyes.

With pain going all through my body, I nodded weakly and said, "Yes."

Everyone moved fast. Renesmee jumped off of my lap and A.C. backed away from the recliner. Jasper picked me up and he ran to our room. He laid me on the couch with him under me as everyone entered the room. A.C. stood behind us. Carlisle came up to me and checked to make sure the twins weren't ripping through my scar. I honestly didn't care if they did; I just wanted them out of my stomach. I took heavy breaths as I waited for Carlisle to do something. Bella held my hand, trying to reassure me. If only I remembered every detail to giving birth to A.C. Then I wouldn't be as scared as I am now. Edward held Renesmee. Her eyes were wide with fear. Rosalie hugged Emmett. Emmett looked nervous. This was probably the first time I've seen him like this. Esme had her hand over her mouth. Carlisle put his hands on my stomach, making sure the twins were in the perfect position for me to give birth to them. Speaking of the twins, they were now pushing against my stomach.

Carlisle looked at me. "Ready?"

"Mhm," I said quietly. It sounded like I was crying. I squeezed Bella's hand.

Carlisle was getting me ready for my natural birth. Jasper held me tightly and everyone kept still. It was so quiet that even humans could've been able to hear A.C. and Renesmee's heartbeats without a stethoscope. As I said before, Carlisle was getting me ready to give a natural birth but something made him stop. He put his hand on my stomach and noticed that the twins kicking even more. Then he put his ear to my stomach.

I was breathing too heavily to ask what was going on so Jasper asked it for me. "Why did you stop? What are the twins doing?"

Carlisle didn't answer.

"Honey, what's wrong with the twins?" Esme asked Carlisle.

"They want their mom and dad," Carlisle whispered but we were all able to tell that it was to himself. He lifted his head from my stomach.

"Get. Them. Out! They. Can't. Take. It. Any. Longer!" I yelled but I said each word in between breaths.

Carlisle got to work again.

"Carlisle you're going to have to hurry. The twins are one hundred percent vampire. They'll get impatient quick-" Edward was interrupted.

Suddenly one of the twins ripped apart my scar. I screamed so loud that the Quileute tribe was probably able to hear me. A.C. and Renesmee covered their eyes and cringed. Everyone was wide-eyed as they watched Baby A crawl out of my stomach. My breaths were heavier and Bella's grip around my hand was tighter. Or maybe it was my grip that got tighter… Anyway, Carlisle grabbed onto Baby A before she fell to the ground. He handed her over to Esme who wrapped her in a white towel. Since I wasn't human, Baby A didn't come out all bloody but that was a good thing. Baby B started to come out. Her hand was visible but once it touched my skin, it stung. I screamed again. Emmett and Edward pointed out that Baby B stopped moving.

"What's-" I asked but couldn't finish my sentence.

"She doesn't want to hurt you," Edward said and smiled.

Jalice. Baby B was going to be Jalice Mary Hale. No matter what Jasper says, Baby B is going to be Jalice whether he likes it or not.

Carlisle went up to Jalice and pulled her out. It stung and burned like hell but I tried not to scream for Jalice's sake. Sadly, I failed at not screaming. As I screamed, Jalice winced and reached her hand out for me. Unfortunately, Esme wrapped her in a white towel right away. Baby A, Carly Alice, was in Emmett's arms and Jalice got put into Edward's. Carlisle ran out of the room for about a second. When he came back, he held a cup of vampire venom.

"I knew I was going to end up needing this," he said to himself. He came up to my stomach. "Hold your breath, Alice," he told me.

I tried but tiny breaths still passed through. Carlisle held my ripped up stomach in place. My scar was going to be worse and uglier than ever before. Then Carlisle told me that once the venom hit my skin, it would burn. I closed my eyes and tried not to think about it. I started to feel Bella's hand squeeze my hand even tighter (if that was even possible). I forgot she was there. Slowly, Carlisle poured the venom on my stomach.

My eyes shot wide open. An earsplitting screech left my mouth. A.C. and Renesmee cringed even more with their ears covered. They also had their eyes shut tightly. Carly and Jalice were wincing since my screeching hurt their tiny eardrums. Jasper held me down tightly enough so my back wouldn't arch. Let me tell you, once venom hits ripped up skin, there's only one word needed to describe it! And that word is (drumroll please): agonizing! I hope you guys actually did the drumroll because if you didn't, then you're lucky that I'm in too much pain to move.

Anyway, while still in agonizing pain, Edward yelled out something that any vampire mother giving birth to vampire babies wouldn't want to hear:

"Baby B has a tear by her collar bone!"

I gave Edward a frantic look. In my mind, I told him, It's Jalice.

"Sorry, Jalice has a tear by her collar bone," Edward said and I gave him a weak smile.

Carlisle took Jalice out of Edward's arms. That's when I heard her crying a little. I ignored the pain and burns I was feeling right now and looked at Jalice in Carlisle's arms.

"Besides the fact that Jalice didn't want to hurt her mother, another reason she stopped moving was because of that tear," Edward explained.

Carlisle nodded and dipped his hands in the cup of venom. He rubbed it on Jalice's tear. Poor little Jalice started to scream. It wasn't loud but just by knowing the fact that one of our daughters was hurt, it made Jasper and I cover our ears. The stinging in my stomach stopped but I was still freaking out like an idiot.

"Alice, she's going to be okay," Bella said quietly.

I was practically crying just without the human tears. Jalice was in pain. If Jalice was in pain, then what if something was wrong with Carly?

"Nothing's wrong with her," A.C. and Edward said at the same time.

But Emmett was hiding Carly's face.

"What's wrong with Carly? Why is Emmett hiding her face?" Jasper asked and looked at Emmett. I looked at Emmett too.

"What? Oh, sorry. I was just noticing that she has freckles," Emmett said.

Okay so now we'll have a freckle-faced child in the family. Aww! How adorable! I don't know where Carly got it from though...

Jalice finally stopped screaming. Jasper and I uncovered our ears and looked at her. She was crying a little in Carlisle's arms from the pain. Emmett came up to us with Carly. I leaned my body forward so Jasper could sit up a little. I leaned back down against his body. Emmett handed Carly to him. Carlisle came by me and Bella let go of my hand. She walked back to Renesmee and Edward. For some reason, Rosalie looked depressed about something.

Is it because everyone has children but her? I asked Edward through mind.

Edward nodded and I was the only one who saw him do that. I sighed. Ugh. There goes Rosalie's jealousy again. Now she's probably complaining in her head that her human life was so perfect but being a vampire ruined it.

Edward chuckled at me and shook his head slightly as he heard me think that.

Carlisle put Jalice in my arms. Her eyes were closed and she was shaking. The white towel she was wrapped in matched her pale-white skin. Everyone left the room to leave Jasper, Carly, Jalice, and me alone. Carlisle and A.C. stayed in the room with us though. I had so many questions to ask Carlisle. Plus, I didn't want A.C. to leave anyway.

"Carlisle," Jasper started, "Carly's eyes are open. How come Jalice's aren't?"

Okay, now that scared me.

"I don't know. It night be the fact that she's scared about something," Carlisle said.

"She's scared because she thinks Alice is mad at her," A.C. said as she walked over to stand by Carlisle.

"Why would I be mad at her?" I asked.

"Because she gave you pain," A.C. said. "I know you're not mad at her. I'm just saying what's in Jalice's head."

Aww, poor Jalice! I wouldn't ever be mad at her if that was the reason! I looked at her collarbone and noticed a scar. That's obviously where her skin ripped.

"I'll let the twins stay with you two for now but at around midnight, I'm going to have to take them away," Carlisle said.

"What? Why?" I asked frantically.

"To see their growing rate. Renesmee grew pretty fast and from what Edward told me, so did A.C. The thing is, they're only half vampire. Picture how fast a full vampire baby will grow," Carlisle explained.

"What if they don't grow? I mean, vampires don't age," A.C. said.

"We'll soon find out," Carlisle said.

"If they will age, what age will they stop aging at?" I asked.

"We'll see," Carlisle said.

He patted Jasper's shoulder and kissed my forehead. Before he walked out of the room, he patted Carly and Jalice's head. Then he went downstairs to be with the others.

"Carly's eyes are yellow," A.C. said. "I wonder if Jalice's will be yellow too."

I wish A.C. would stop talking about eyes. It was making me nervous to see that Jalice wouldn't open hers. She won't even stop shaking. Something was probably wrong. And just by thinking that, I scared myself. It made me hold Jalice tighter to my body.

Jalice suddenly stopped shaking. I was the only one who noticed this since A.C. and Jasper were too busy looking at Carly. Nervousness rushed through my body. Jalice started to move her eyes. I tapped Jasper and he and A.C. looked at me. I pointed out what Jalice was doing. All three of us were silent. Carly fidgeted in Jasper's arms. Jalice's eyes moved even more. All of a sudden, my mouth dropped. The nerves that were going crazy in my body were now calm. Big, yellow eyes that belonged to Jalice Mary Hale were staring at me.

A smile went across Jalice's face as she recognized me as her mother.