-THOSE POOR, POOR CHICKENS-
I do NOT own Twilight. Lucy is modeled after my very, very, very good friend, Nicole McBratney, and she is my own character. (Nicole is awesome and would NEVER shoot Jake a black glare, but it's necessary to the story.) LOL so ENJOY! And by the way, Nicole helped a lot with writing this story, so it's not all me.
EDWARD POV
"Can I stay until you wake up?" Said Jacob. His thoughts were all jumbled up, but none were hostile. Mostly just worry, fear, and a tiny hint of jealousy. I was pretty sure it would be alright to have him here while Bella slept. Bella nodded in answer to his question, and I felt her fall asleep. Her breathing became slow and even, and she sighed happily. I traced patterns on her stomach for a while, both Jacob and myself were silent for what seemed like an eternity.
"So what…happened? Is she alright?" asked Jacob, finally breaking the spell with his voice.
"Well...I think you know what happened…" I said, awkwardly, and Jacob turned red. "And Bella is fine, she's just exhausted, moody, and pregnant." I told him. He nodded slowly, and opened his mouth to say something, but then closed it immediately. His hesitation was no use against me though, and I explored his mind freely.
'I wonder if the baby…will be…normal. Maybe…some sort of mutant thing...?' He thought, and I smiled. "The baby will be fine. Half human-Half vampire, yes. But not a mutant. We don't know what the exact chemical division will be, but the baby will grow like any other human child, and then stop at around the age of 20. After that…well you know. Live forever." I informed him, and he stared at me.
"Damn…I forgot about your powers or whatever." He said awkwardly. I smiled, and couldn't help hoping a better future was on the horizon, for me and Jacob. Maybe we could be friends…or at least a little friendlier than we had been before. He looked at Bella, asleep in my arms, and sighed, that small bit of jealousy washed through his mind. I didn't feel sorry for him exactly, but I wasn't about to give up the angel in my arms. Her warmth radiated through me, and it felt nice, being warm for once instead of cold.
BELLA POV
I woke up,
and stretched in Edward's arms. He smiled, and stopped twirling the
tip of his finger around in circles on my belly.
"Don't stop,
that felt good…" I told him, smiling. He laughed, and sat me up.
"Well…I know in about 3 seconds you're going to figure out you're hungry, and have to get up, so I stopped ahead of time." He told me, grinning. As if on queue, my stomach grumbled obnoxiously, and I smiled.
"You always know." I told Edward. He smiled his crooked smile at me, and hurried off into the kitchen. I heard a small chuckle coming from the corner of the room, and remembered Jacob. I stumbled up, and walked in his direction, wanting to give my best friend a hug. He got up also, and caught me as I was about to fall.
"Careful, Bells!" he said, laughing. I wrapped my arms around his huge torso, and squeezed. He squeezed gently back, carefully avoiding crushing my stomach.
"Hey Jake…" I mumbled into his sweltering hot chest. "Jesus, you're boiling! I'm going to have to call Edward in here to cool me down…whew!" I said, and he smiled awkwardly.
My stomach gurgled once more, and I released Jacob. I shuffled into the kitchen, and sat down at the kitchen table, Jacob followed and sat down opposite me. Edward leaned against the counter.
"What would you like, sweetheart?" he asked me, and I giggled.
"Guess…" I said.
"Eggs?" he asked me, smiling coyly. I chuckled again, and nodded. "Eggs it is then!" he said playfully. "I'm seriously starting to worry now, Bella. If you don't stop eating all the eggs, there will be none left for other people! You've nearly worked those poor chickens to the bone!" He said, and Jacob stared at us curiously. I decided to answer his unvoiced plea for information.
"Edward is referring to the massive and impossible amount of eggs I have eaten in the last 4 months." I said, sniffing appreciatively as Edward began to make my scrambled eggs. I stared at Jacob while he wasn't looking, he looked better than the last time I had seen him, like he wasn't carrying as much weight on his shoulders. He looked free and light, young. At the wedding, he had seemed sad, depressed even, like he was taking on too much, but he had looked older. It was good to see him healing; he looked more like my Jacob. "It's good to see you, Jake." I told him, smiling brightly. He looked up at me warmly, and smiled as well.
"Good too see you too Bells." He said. I noticed he looked like he was holding something back…hesitating.
"Spit it out, Jake, please, I can't bear the tension." I said sarcastically. He rolled his eyes.
"Well…I met someone." He said lamely, looking at me. I beamed, happy for him, he was finally taking interest in someone other than…me.
"That's great Jake! Who?" I asked. He looked down at his feet.
"Her name is Lucy, she works at Newton's store…" he said. I smiled, happy for him, but for some reason, he didn't seem as enthusiastic.
"Tell me more about her, what's she like?" I asked him, curious.
"She is funny, beautiful, sporty, and the nicest girl around. We met down at first beach 2 weeks ago, and just sort of…" He said, trailing off softly. So he had imprinted. Amazing, I never thought it would happen, but he had. And I was extremely happy for him. Edward set my eggs down in front of me, and their appetizing smell wafted up to meet my nose.
"Thanks, Love." I said, smiling at him. He rubbed my back as I ate, and Jake filled us in on his new romance.
EDWARD POV
So Jacob had imprinted! Hooray. But I was confused, what was that hint of jealousy I had detected earlier? I saw the image of the blonde haired, blue eyed beauty in his mind, accompanied with intense love, this must be Lucy. But then I saw him look at Bella, with longing in his eyes. Confusion, confusion, confusion. He looked sadly down at his feet, what was with him? His mind was full of questions he wanted to ask, things he wanted to say, or do, and then I saw it. Lucy, the girl from first beach, encircled in the arms of another man, not Jacob. Lucy, shooting Jacob a black glare, and stalking out the door. He had imprinted on this young girl, but she wasn't ready. She had someone else. The jealousy Jacob felt was not so much directed at Bella, but towards us. He was jealous of what we have together. I sighed, I never thought I would think this, but…Poor Dog. He wanted her so badly, the need was inexplicable, the imprint of a wolf was unwavering, non-reversible. But she didn't want him. I hesitated, and then, knowing he would know what I was talking about, I spoke.
"She'll come around, Jacob." I assured him. He looked up at me, into my eyes for the first time, and smiled.
"I know…it's just hard. But…thank you." He said, a strange look of gratitude penciled onto his rough features. Bella looked at us curiously.
"What's going on here?" she asked contentedly, she was fed and rested, but I sensed her sleepy aura, and guessed she would be having another nap in a short time. I stroked her hair, and she sighed happily.
"The thing is…Lucy doesn't like me back." Said Jacob painfully, looking at Bella and I.
"Aaw Jake, it's alright! I know she'll change her mind, she'd have to be crazy to turn you down." She comforted him, finishing with a yawn, leaning back into me. "Edward…I'm tired again." She told me.
"I know, sweetheart, we'll get you too bed soon, it's getting dark anyways." I said, getting up to wash the dishes. She leaned back against the chair, and I glanced at her swollen stomach, we needed to make a doctor's appointment fairly soon, she needed a check up, and maybe an ultrasound. "Bella, love, I was thinking that we should go see a doctor soon, maybe have you looked at, make sure everything's okay. Carlisle could do it, but he doesn't major in pregnancies." I suggested, as I started scrubbing her plate.
"Okay Edward, whatever you say goes." She yawned again. Jacob chuckled at her, shaking his head.
"I don't remember you being this tired the last time I saw you, Bella." He said jokingly..
"Yeah well…You try being pregnant. It's not that easy." She said, smiling.
"No thanks, I'll pass." Said Jacob. She giggled, and yawned once more.
"Edward can we go to sleep now?" she asked me. I turned the tap off, and was at her side.
"Of course, can you walk, or do you want me to-" I asked her, but I wasn't able to finish my sentence.
"Carry me please." She yawned into the chair. I picked her up like a baby, and she snuggled into my chest. "Thanks…" she said.
"I think I have to go…my dad will get worried." Said Jacob, fiddling with his cropped hair.
"Okay, Jake, you go. I'm not that interesting when I sleep…" she said.
"I disagree…" I said, smiling.
"Yeah well that's only cause I talk…and doesn't watching me sleep every night ever get boring?" she asked me.
'Never!" I said, and she giggled. Jacob walked over, and gave her an awkward hug, as she was still in my arms, and then he walked out the door silently, waving goodbye.
"Bye Jake…" said Bella quietly. By the time I reached our room, she was already asleep, and I set her down gently on the bed, under the covers, and tucked my arm around her.
"Goodnight, angel." I whispered in her ear, and she smiled in her dreams.
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