Not Again
"What do you mean the Volturi are coming?!" I shout at my father.
"News must have traveled and they heard of your child being a triple breed."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"The Volturi have wanted to kill off our family since they discovered how many talented vampires we have. This is just one excuse that's reasonable enough to travel out for. They want to kill us, but keep Alice, your mom, me, most likely you, and Maddie if she has any powers."
"But why?"
"Because they want us to join them to make their clan stronger, and defeat anyone who could put up a fight. That would be us."
"We have to get away."
"We can't, they have trackers, they'll find us."
"What are we supposed to do?"
"Fight."
"Daddy, I don't want to fight. I'm not a fighter."
"I know, a lot us aren't. Spend as much time with your family before they come. Any one of us could die as soon as they get here. It might be the last time you'll ever be one whole family." A tear rolls down my smooth cheek as I hiccup. I hold onto Jacob and tell my dad to leave and that I'll be over later. As he leaves I crawl under my blankets and bury my face in my feather pillow. I explode into tears. I feel Jacob's burning hot hand on the middle of my back.
"Jake we've wasted too much time away from Maddie."
"Honey, it was one night."
"A night we selfishly used to mess around with each other."
"We weren't messing around."
"Yes we were."
"No, we were making love, because we love each other and are married. Messing around is for people who don't really care about each other."
"I guess you're right, but Maddie should have been in the other room sleeping. She's our daughter."
"She was spending the night with Seth, she is his imprint. And since she is, he will not let anything at all harm her, he'd rather die than see her in pain."
"Fine, I'm sorry. I'm just so scared. What if we die and they take her away?"
"We won't think about that." I nod my head and stretch out. As I'm flexing my toes and rumble goes through my stomach and I dash for the bathroom. Thankfully, I manage to get to the toilet and puke before Maddie came walking through the door.
"Mommy! Daddy! I home!" I hear her shout through the floors. I clean my mouth and come downstairs. She jumps in my arms and wraps her arms around my neck. A bit too hard. I manage to loosen her grip and give her a kiss on the forehead. She blushes and reaches around me to her dad, Jacob. He takes her from me and presses her to his warm chest. Pressing her cheek up against him, she murmurs the word warm and falls asleep. I smile and look to Seth.
"Thanks for bringing her back safely."
"What do you mean?" Seth asks.
"You haven't heard?"
"No, what's up?"
"The Volturi are coming."
"What?! Why?"
"They heard about Maddie. They're coming to destroy us."
"But they can't, not Mag Pie! And you guys too!"
"We can't do anything about it. We're just as scared as you are."
"I'm not scared, I'm mad. Especially since I just discovered something about Mag Pie."
"Discovered what?"
"You don't know? I thought she would've showed you first."
"Seth! What are you talking about!?"
"Nessie, Jake, your daughter is really special. She has telepathy."
"Like her grandpa?"
"No, he can only read minds. Mag Pie can read them and talk right back to them without speaking. She may be even able to control them if she desires."
"That's wonderful!"
"How? The Volturi will take her away."
"Maybe not. She may be able to persuade them to forget we even exist and make them go home. No one will have to fight."
"That is great. I never thought of it that way."
"Okay well thanks Seth. Jacob and I are going to have to talk this over alone. See you later."
"Bye." Then, he walks out the door. Jacob takes Maddie up to her room and puts her to bed, seeing as she fell back to sleep. How late was she up? When he comes back down we go over to the family room and sit down on our black leather sofa. I rub my hand against the smooth leather while thinking everything over. I lean on Jacob for strength and hold my stomach. Why does it hurt so much? Jake takes my hands in his and rubs them therapeutically. As soon as I begin to relax, my stomach revolts against me. I lurch up and run to the bathroom. Vomiting up nothing but liquid since I hadn't eaten anything yet, I clean up and have the aftertaste of acid in my mouth. I snatch a piece of mint gum from Jacob and begin to chew.
"Is something wrong, Nessie?"
"I don't know. My stomach's just acting up."
"I don't think that's true. This seems all too familiar."
"Excuse me?"
"Why don't we head over to Carlisle's place. Maybe he'll know what's wrong."
"What about Maddie?"
"We'll take her with us, of course."
"Fine. I'm really hot." After stating that, I feel the sweat collecting on my forehead. I wipe it away, and go get Maddie. Once I have her, we run over to my grandpa's place. As we reach the door, it swings open and Rosalie is standing there.
"Edward, said you were coming. I guess you've heard about the Volturi."
"Yes, we have. There's another problem though that we must speak to Carlisle about," Jacob murmurs.
"Oh, he's in his office. Come with me." We follow Rosalie up the stairs to Carlisle's office door. She lightly knocks and we hear a faint come in from inside. She opens the door and leads up through. As soon as we're in she shuts the door, giving us some privacy. I hear her walk back down the stairs.
"Jake, Nessie, wonderful seeing you here. What seems to be the problem?"
"Nessie here keeps vomiting and breaking out in sweats. It may be stress but I'm not so sure."
"Hmm, it could be stress like you said, but with the way she looks, I don't think so."
"How do I look?" I ask.
"Bloated, glowing, and you have swollen feet."
"Huh, I didn't notice."
"Come with me." He takes me into another room and does his doctory stuff. While he working on me I hear Jacob mumbling to Maddie how everything is going to be fine and there's nothing to worry about. I hear Maddie sniffle and say she wants her mommy. My heart swells up with love as I keep listening. But there's nothing more. All of a sudden Carlisle stop and mumbles the words: just as I thought. He then walks over to the door and motions for Jacob to come in. Once he was in, Carlisle leans over to us and whispers what's wrong with me. I gasp and bury my face in my hands. Somehow the feeling of happiness seemed to elude me. I look at my hands and the tears start coming.
"Why now?" I ask to nobody in general.
"Don't worry, we'll get through it. Nothing can stop us, not even this," Jacob says to encourage me.
"But what about the Volturi?"
"We'll figure that out when the times comes. Let's just do what your dad said and spend time together as a family."
"Okay." I hug Jacob and Maddie while the tears keep coming. Maddie's tiny hand gently wipes my tears off my face. With her mind she says, Don't worry Mommy, everything will be okay. Daddy said so. I grab her hand and nod my head. What a great way to end a horrible day. Not only are the Volturi coming to kill us, but now I'm having another baby.
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