Title – Forever & Always
Disclaimer– Clearly I'm not the owner of most of these characters but I have my fun!
Setting – Portland, Oregon/ La Push, Washington
POV– Nessie/(possibly) Jacob
Summary– Nessie and Jacob embark on a new adventure. They must endure new troubles together and Edward and Bella have to learn to let go of their little girl. Jacob and Nessie are soon to be Seniors in College, 5 years after Jacob's promise. Everyone has settled down and attacks are improbable but not impossible as are life's surprises.
Author's Note– Not long but i believe it has some detailed explanation. Keep in mind i had an hour long coversation about DNA with my sister (the Biology freak), LOL

Chapter 10

To me there was no need for the confirmation. Jacob was still conflicted. He didn't know what to think or what to say when Carlisle told us. He just sat back and said nothing.

"How long?" I asked in a whisper.

"Going on 2 months." He replied.

"Is everything okay?"

He hesitated which meant there was something not okay. "There is an issue." I frowned at the word 'issue'.

"What kind of issue?" Jacob demanded, suddenly out of his shocked state.

I placed my hand on his forearm. "Hey, relax." I whispered calmly. He sat back in his seat. "What is it Carlisle?"

He cleared his throat. "I can't be sure of anything right now because……well my theories can't be based on anything, not even you."

"Why do you say that?"

"The baby appears to be growing at a…..a human rate. This may be because more than anything the baby is human and only one fourth of us and one fourth tribal wolf. Considering that as Quileute the child remains fully human until puberty the child is almost fully human that is if the baby is a male. We don't know what he will get from you, from your non-human genes. It may very well be immortality or a special gift which is most likely because they are our dominant genes and everything else is recessive. He may phase at puberty which is also a high possibility because that too is a dominant gene." I felt that his explanation was going to make sense but I was nervous of what he would be trying to say with all of it.

Carlisle sat at his desk with a pen and pencil he quickly drew a chromosome chart to aid his explanation. "Jacob do you remember when I told you we have 25 pairs and you 24 pairs. Renesmee was born with 24 just like you. In that 24 chromosome pair is where I believe all of her supernatural traits come from. It is true that most of our genes are dominant but not in Renesmee's case. Her genes have been dulled by Bella's genes and most have become recessive. That means The child will in fact have certain traits like immortality, maybe a gift like your own since it is in you blood and little traits here in there but the baby will be less of a vampire than you are and will probably not like blood too much if any. If he were to be a boy then he would be full wolf because his genes are even more dominant than those of another wolf. If it were another member their might be a conflict but Jacob's genes are much more expressive. The genes you get from your father, the recessive ones, will remain unexpressive and won't pair up with Jacob's because that's not the way it works. What I am trying to say is simply that above all this baby is a human baby."

It was a relief that above all my baby was human. "So what does that mean?"

"It means it will most likely be a full term baby and…..most importantly you mustn't feed."

"I can't hunt." He nodded. That seemed like extremely hard task. I was thirsty now. "Why am I so thirsty then?"

He shrugged. "There are probably a number of reasons, but the best I can give you is that your body wants to feed your baby but it appears that your vampire side is being a bit more dominant and wanting to feed the child….blood."

"Is that bad?" I had hunted so much after that night.

He sat back in his chair in a bit of frustration. I guess it was hard not to know for sure. "Remember that the baby is human and it can't live off blood. It needs nutrients that he can't from blood. Your mind is sending mixed messages and its trying to take care of your baby but with the wrong thing. I'm afraid that if you feed any more the baby will suffocate and….die. Of course it might not but my research says otherwise."

I stopped breathing for a minute. I had hunted already like 5 times. "I didn't know." I said in a panic. "I didn't know, I fed. I didn't know." Tears began to pool. Jacob pulled me into his chest. "I didn't know."

"It wasn't enough to do serious damage its okay, just don't anymore." I looked up. "You're going to be thirsty I assure you but don't give in. A little self control and I think this will go smoothly." He said with a reassuring smile.

Jacob wiped the tears off my face. "So she'll be okay, she's not in danger." Jacob made sure.

He nodded. "She'll be fine. I want to keep a close eye on the baby. I want to make sure it is in good health."

"Good." Jacob replied with a smile. "That's good. Thank you." I could tell it was a big relief and to be honest I was quite relieved myself. I wasn't looking forward to the whole near death experience thing. I've already had one too many of those. I wasn't ready for another.

"Thank you, Carlisle."

"You two are very welcome, now you should head home, your father must have already made a hole in the ground with all the pacing." He said with a chuckle. "If you haven't noticed he's not the most patient."

I giggled. "I think that would be best, I'll see you at home." He nodded and picked up his beeping beeper.

"I have surgery, have a good day." He waved and left the room.

I got up from my seat and took a second to take in all the information. "You, okay?" Jacob stood before me with his hands on either side of my face.

I nodded. "I already knew." His face changed.

"I can't explain it, I just knew." I continued

He forced a smile. "Okay….that's weird but I'm just glad you're both okay."

I caught the 'both' in his sentence. "So you're not mad that there is a baby?"

"Nessie, I'm never mad at you, for anything. Obviously I'm not mad I was a little stunned and freaked out but….it's all good. I just hope we don't break it." He said with a chuckle.

I couldn't help but giggle. "Me too. I'm sure we'll figure it out." I assured him. "Plus there is a house full of vampires that are more than willing to help." I added in a whisper.

He smiled. "There's always that silver lining. Let's just hope our baby doesn't become a excessive shopping, gambling, arrogant child." He had just described Emmett, Jasper, Alice and Rose in one full sentence.

I laughed out loud. "He could always become a very nice, compassionate, bubbly and understanding child."

"Let's hope."

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Ps. I must say that I loved the last bit of the JacobXNessie conversation. I had to!

-toodles.