A/N: You know it, I don't own Twilight or any of Stephenie Meyer's stories.
Chapter Ten: Three Month Check-up
Three months… I sighed. I should be showing…am I showing? Things are progressing slowly and standing on the scale doesn't help much…
"Renesmee? It's time for your check-up." Carlisle called from downstairs. He spoke no louder than if I was a foot away from him, but my perceptive half-vampiric ears picked it up easily. I had been standing in front of the floor length mirror in the bathroom; looking head on and then at my profile while pulling my shirt tight, straining my eyes for any tangible change in my constant body.
Alice flitted into the room dragging me along. She was more excited than I was, perhaps because she couldn't see the outcome beforehand. "Do you see me happy or upset in a few minutes, Alice?" Although she couldn't see the baby, I hoped that see could see my future.
"Oh just come on, we will both find out soon enough. Jacob's already down there." Even with heels on, our approach to the study was quiet. Alice had been dressing me for years and today was no exception. Since news of my pregnancy, I had been inundated with "baby" clothes – no not for the baby, clothes that announced to everyone I came in contact with that I was pregnant. Although I was proud to be prego, the fact that I looked seventeen to the human eye brought many dirty looks my way. Today she dressed me in loose fitting jeans and a white tank top with the word 'baby' printed all down the left side in different handwriting.
"Hi, Carlisle." I tried to smile as we stepped into the study. Alice and Rosalie had initially fought over who would help me throughout the pregnancy. Alice won out since Rose had been my mother's advocate and had her chance already. The grin on Alice's face was contagious and Carlisle seemed more hopeful. Jacob fidgeted in the chair beside the examination chair, which was just a leather recliner.
"Hello, ladies. Come on in." My mother was already waiting by the wall, her arms folded across her chest; it wasn't anger that kept her in this position. Any idiot could see that she was as nervous as I was. Carlisle pulled a measuring tape from his pocket. "Okay sweetie, take a seat. I'm just going to put my hands on your belly to try and feel the womb. I will be measuring it, if I can, to see if things are progressing properly."
As I approached the chair, Jacob bolted up and smiled warmly at me before helping me take a seat. "I love you, babe." He whispered into my hair after placing a kiss on the top of my head.
Mom was immediately at my side holding my left hand as Alice held my right. I showed them both an image of me gigantic with a hand above and below my belly, the way that humans did when they were pregnant. I showed them Alice running wildly around Motherhood Maternity, looking for trendy clothes that met her standards. Mom's eyes met Alice's and they laughed. "I will be like a whale…" I mused, hopefully.
"No doubt." Alice commented seriously.
"Alright, ladies. You know the drill." He scolded Alice and Bella. "You can be in the room if you stay out of the way." He pointed to the wall that my mother was leaning against moments before. Jacob took their place as they reluctantly left my side.
Carlisle pushed my shirt out of the way, exposing my stomach. He attempted to press into my stomach, searching, but I could see in his eyes that he was hopeless. After three hundred years, he had no reason to believe that a vampire, whether whole or half, could procreate. He abruptly stopped his ministrations and I could see his brows furrow before he repeated his previous actions. His head jerked up. His eyes were wide as if there was danger. His lips were parted slightly, then he raised on eyebrow. What the hell does that mean? He looked back at my stomach, still prodding. He stopped an inch above my naval and pulled out the measuring tape. The end started where the prodding stopped and traveled down just below the top of my panties. His lips were tight as he was in full doctor mode. This can't be good!
"I would also like to measure you around your waist, to see if that has changed." Carlisle insisted. I shakily sat up, allowing the tape around my back. His eyes grew wide again as a smile crept across his face. I looked over at Alice, her smile matched his.
"Come on, Carlisle! I can't stand the suspense. Am I…stretching?" I yelled.
His eyes met mine, the smile still in place. "You skin has stretched. I could feel the top of the womb. Your measurements are a little less than average…but they are different than they have been since you stopped growing." The chair began shaking. What was causing it to tremble so. Jacob gripped my hand tighter. I looked at our hands, realizing that I was shaking.
"So…I could have this baby?" I gasped in between the sobs that shook my body. I smiled widely. "We could both survive?"
I looked back and forth between Bella, Alice, and Carlisle. All of their expressions were as ecstatic as my own. "According to this information? Yes, I do believe that your dreams may have finally come true."
"I'm gonna have a baby!" I screamed as if I had just been told for the first time. "Jacob! We're gonna have a baby!" I jumped up and began bouncing in true Alice fashion. The remainder of the family that wasn't in the room raced to squeeze in the tiny office with us.
I looked around at the faces of my family, taking in the moment. My mother and father were giving us space, as they stood against the wall that she was originally banished to. They were both staring into each others eyes with the largest smiles on their faces. "I love you Grandma." I heard my father whisper to my mother.
I turned my attention to Rosalie and Emmett, who were rapidly talking about all the ways that they would spoil this child. Rosalie was gushing about how we would have more time to treat him…or her as a child, because it appeared that he or she would be growing up slowly. Alice was still bouncing with me, while Jasper was congratulating Jacob. Esme and Carlisle were discussing every medical thing that had been established during the examination.
I finally allowed my gaze to meet Jacob's as I stopped bouncing. I pulled him in to a hug and kissed his cheek. "Ness, you're going to be a great Mom." Jacob whispered into my ear. Hearing those words, words that I never thought I would, brought everything to reality. The tears of joy that I had been holding back poured out of me and into Jake's chest. In that moment, it didn't matter how this child was created, all that mattered was that he was. And that he was mine.
A/N: Let me know what you think of this chapter. I personally LOVE it. But I love all happy things. PLEASE REVIEW!
