Jacob's POV
I am a little worried leaving Ginny, so that she can hang out with vampires better. But I trust her, she has her wand and she says she can protect herself. I get into town. I do my errands, including getting Ginny crutches. I then stop in at the diner.
"Oh, Hello. What can I get you today?" A woman asks me.
"I am here about Ginevra Weasley." I say.
"Oh, of course dear. What happened? Is she ok?"
"She slipped and fell in the shower. Her ankle is broken and she needed some stitches in her forehead."
"My goodness. She is ok right?"
"Yes, but I don't know how she will work."
"Oh, I was about to put her behind a desk anyway. She is too smart to be waiting tables." She says.
"Ok. I will tell her."
"Just one question."
"Sure." I say, curious as to what she wants to know.
"Why are you being so nice to her?"
"What do you mean?" I ask. I understand the question but don't understand why it is being asked.
"Well she is brand new in town and you're super nice right off the bat. Then you let her move in with you. If you are just trying to get in her pants, you have another thing coming mister."
"I am not trying to get into her pants. I know she is pregnant, and I am being so nice to her because, maybe she needs a little help." I say and walk out. I can't believe her.
As I approach my car my phone buzzes. I pull it out of my pocket, it's a text from Ness. I open it.
If you want, Esme is cooking tonight. Ginny says she will stay for dinner. She really likes everyone. She and Jasper really hit it off. Did you ever think that could happen. Jasper and a human, voluntarily. Anyway, see you soon.
I am glad I didn't eat now because Esme's cooking is the best. I can't believe I used to think Bella's was best. Bella's cooking was decent, until she had Ness. Then it got bad. And right about that time Esme started cooking, and her cooking is to die for.
I get back to the house everyone is here except for Bella and Edward. They have gotten really snooty over the last little while. Ness doesn't like it and has grown apart from them, Carlisle even told them to straighten themselves out and if they didn't Carlisle wouldn't have anything to do with them. Well they choose to stay the way they are. So they aren't around anymore. At first I was a little baffled but eventually accepted that they were being asses. Last I heard was they bought a house somewhere in Europe. "Good riddance." I think to myself.
"Hey." I say to Ginny. I have her crutches in hand.
"Hi."
"I stopped in at the diner. Told them what's going on."
"Thanks." She says. "And thank you for the crutches. How much do I owe you."
"Nothing."
"Jacob, how much were they?" She asks again.
"That's for me to know and you to wonder about." I say. She pouts.
"Please tell me Jake. I don't like people buying stuff for me, never mind when I have the money."
"I got it." I say.
"Jake," She starts.
"You can pay me back, by not fighting with me over this. I've got it." I say.
"I will pay you back." She says. Ness comes into the kitchen and takes the last seat at the breakfast bar.
"What will you pay him back for?" Ness asks Ginny.
"The crutches." She says.
"Ginny let it go. Jacob was raised to be a gentleman. If he didn't want to pay he would have told you he didn't. If he is fine with buying them out of pocket, he is fine with paying out of pocket for them."
"But," Ginny starts.
"Let. It. Go." Ness tells her.
"Fine."
"Need any help Esme?" I ask. She turns around.
"An extra hand would be nice, but Jacob, you have done enough today. I am sure one of the girls would be willing to help." She tells me. Ness gets up to walk around and help.
"In other words, you suck in the kitchen." Ness says as she passes by me.
"Hey, that was mean." I say.
"Jake, the number of things you can make decently, can be counted on my fingers." Ness says starting to chop some vegetables.
"I can make lots." I say. "Sandwiches, toast, Mac n' Cheese, frozen foods, caeser salad, bowl of cereal, soup," I go to continue but Ness interrupts.
"From a can." She says. I stick my tongue out at her.
"My goodness, you guys are like children." Ginny says.
"Ginny, you don't even know." Esme says.
"I can also order a pizza." I say.
"Doesn't count." Ness and Esme say at the same time.
We stay for dinner then go home. Ginny goes to sleep once we get there. Probably exhausted from the day. I go to bed not long after.
Ginny's POV
I like the Cullen's, I like the Hale's even more. Me and Jasper and Me and Rosalie have lots in common. Most of it is dark stuff, but sometimes the best thing is to talk about it with others who know how you feel. And Ness is right, Jacob sucks at cooking. Jacob is very nice to me, but he is stubborn too. He might not know how to cook very well, but he is very nice and Ness is right, he can be quite the gentleman. He also is able to act fast in tough situations. He is so nice to me. I wonder why sometimes. I then curl up and go to sleep.
Work goes on for two weeks but I am doing other stuff now. My boss treats me a bit different. I wonder why, but don't question it. I just keep working, taking as many shifts as possible because at almost 3 months pregnant I probably will only be able to work for, maximum, another five months. But will probably have to stop sooner.
I wake up the next morning. I sit up and grab the shirt I got for today. I swing my legs off the bed and 'stand' but I lean against it. I no longer have the cast but instead a walking boot. I pull off my sleep shirt. I pull on my shirt but it is like I have grown a huge amount over night. The shirt barely fits, it feels like I am suffocating. Damn it! This is just what I need! I hobble over to my dresser. I try on multiple other shirts, all the same. I put on the shirt I wore yesterday, it isn't as bad, but it clings a lot. It will have to do.
I head to work and work until 3. When my shift is over Alice and Rosalie show up.
"Where is Jacob? Is he working over time?" I ask.
"No. We told him, we would pick you up."
"Why?"
"You need more clothes." Rosalie says.
"Yes but," I start.
"No buts. We are going right now. I saw what you wore yesterday, and you are wearing the same thing today. I saw your struggle this morning." Alice says.
"Are there even any shops in town?" I ask. I haven't seen any.
"Not really. But we aren't shopping in town." Rosalie says. Right now they are reminding me of the twins. Always know what the other would say. And speaking in a pattern, one then the other, one then the other.
"Where are we going? Port Angeles?" I ask. Alice nods. "But that is so far, and it is already 3 o'clock. We won't get there until 4:30, 5 o'clock. We will have like maybe an hour or two to shop depending on where we go." I say.
"You've never gone for a drive with a vampire." Rosalie says. Alice nods. I cautiously get in the car. I put on my seat belt and soon we are flying down the highway. We get to Port Angeles in a half hour.
"Do you always drive that fast?" I ask as we get out of the car.
"No, normally if we need to get somewhere quick we run." Alice says. She then takes my hand and pulls me into a store. It has everything. Maternity wear, baby clothes, baby furniture, baby everything. We head to the maternity clothing section.
"This looks cute." Alice holds a shirt up. We get multiple pieces of clothing and I go try them on. I choose the ones I like. I get another top for right now and some for a while from now. Once I have the clothes I am ready to pay but Rosalie has wandered into baby clothes. Me and Alice go over to her.
"Alice, isn't this cute?" She holds up a pretty baby pink outfit. I feel a pang of guilt. I haven't told them that I don't plan on keeping the baby.
"It's so cute. Too bad you don't know the gender yet." Alice says.
"It is so cute, but I don't think I should get it." I say.
"Yeah maybe not today. You won't find out the gender for another 8-ish weeks. By then you probably won't be able to return it if it is a boy." Rosalie says.
"Actually it is not that." I say. I feel like shit. I should have told them sooner. "I don't plan on keeping the baby. I want to give it up for adoption." I say. As soon as I started Rosalie was staring at me. Alice looks from me to Rosalie and back. Alice swallows.
"You never said anything. I'm sorry, I should have asked or something." Rosalie says, she puts the outfit back on the rack and heads for the door. I go after her.
"Rosalie," I say. She stops. "I'm sorry. I should have told you. You don't need to apologize. I do." She turns and looks at me.
"I should still apologize. I got way too excited. It must be hard for you, and I put you in a bad place. I'm sorry." She says.
"I accept your apology even though I don't need it." I say.
Maybe Rosalie could adopt my baby. She may be a vampire but she loves children, and all the Cullen's would understand if and when he or she got an acceptance letter to Hogwarts. She would love the child, and that is a fact. But it is still too early to decide anything. I will keep that in mind though.
"We should do something this weekend. All of us, Ness, and maybe even Esme, it would be fun."
"What kind of thing are you thinking. Or seeing?" Rosalie asks.
"We could kick all the boys out of the house, and do some baking then watch some movies. Or something like that. Just a girls day or we could do a girls weekend!" Alice says getting really excited.
"I don't know." Rosalie says.
"Come on Rosalie. It could be fun. Even I am willing to join in." I say.
"Fine, maybe we could watch Titanic."
"That is a good one." Alice says.
"Wait the Titanic? As in the huge ship, that was supposed to be unsinkable, but sank after like 4 days?" I ask.
"Yes." Rosalie says.
"I learned about it in magical history class. Wizards wanted to help build it, actually make it unsinkable, but that didn't go well. Nor did it happen." I pause. "They made it into a movie. Huh." I say mostly to myself.
"Yes, but it isn't like a documentary. It is a romantic tragedy. I really like it." Rosalie says.
"Sounds interesting." I say.
"It's a huge tear jerker though." Rosalie warns.
"The tear jerkers are the best movies though." Alice says.
We spend the rest of the ride home making plans and talking about movies that should and should not be watched. I am excited for a girls day. I haven't had a proper girl's day since before the war. We decide to stop back at the Cullen's. I am slightly surprised to find that Jacob is there. As we get out of the car Jasper comes out side.
"What's got all of you excited?" He asks.
"We are having a girl's weekend this weekend." Alice says super pepped up as always.
"Ahh. So I am guessing no boys allowed home this weekend?" He asks.
"Yep. No boys." She smiles. We all go into the house all the boys are watching some sport with a brown ball shaped like a sphere crossed with lemon. It is carried in the player's hands
"What are they watching?" I ask.
"Football." Rosalie say.
"No, football is played with a round ball and is kicked around. Not thrown." I say. "I may be a wizard but I know enough to know that is not football."
"In America the names are kind of switched." Alice explains.
"Well that is just confusing." I say.
"You're right." Esme says.
"Hello Esme." I say.
"Hi." She smiles.
"So Esme, we are having a girl's weekend this weekend and," Alice starts
"So no more. I will keep the boys out of the house." She says.
"Actually, we want you to join us." I say.
"Well, that would be lovely, but you girls should have it just yourselfs."
"Esme! You have to join us." Alice says.
"No, I am old, you young girls have your fun."
"Esme, what age were you turned at?" I ask.
"Almost 26, based on dates."
"Then you aren't even 10 years older than us." I say.
"Is Nessie- I mean Ness joining?" She asks.
"Yes."
"I am nearly nineteen years older than her." She says.
"Esme, we are sorry for excluding you in the past. We want change that. Please join us. After all, in this house age is such a tricky thing. Please." Alice begs. Rosalie nods in agreement.
"Fine. but if you change your mind,"
"We won't." Rosalie says. Esme smiles. We then go find Ness.
"Ness, girl's weekend this weekend. It will be all of us. Even Esme. Wanna join?" Alice says.
"Sure."
"Yay." Alice says. We make some more plans then Jacob and I go home.
"Jake just so you know us girls are having a sleepover this weekend so I will be at the Cullen's."
"Of course you are." He says. I look at him questioningly. "Alice is always having girls weekends. I am surprised that this is the first since you came around."
"Well I am glad." I say. I go to bed that night excited for the weekend, for the first time in a long time.
A/N Sorry for the long wait but life got in the way. Please review.
