Chapter – 10

Dear Diary,

Life is good. Today my beautiful goddaughter Sammy turns three weeks old, Mags graduates high school and guess what? I'm officially pregnant. Lol, I know, what does that mean, right? Well I finally got my little plus sign. It wasn't like I was any less pregnant before but having a positive pregnancy test kinda confirms it. Unfortunately there goes my excuse for stopping Alice from buying every baby item she sets eyes on. That green light should really cheer her up after the blow she received when Mags announced she didn't want a graduation party. Today is also the beginning of summer, which means Nicky and Jess are here for the next couple of months. We're having a celebration bbq at the beach after the ceremony, which turns out kinda perfect cause there's a huge surprise in store.

Well gotta go cause I hear the dumdums downstairs already and if I don't hurry I'll find an empty kitchen. I can't believe how perfect these last couple of months have been, being married is awesome! – Lily

Since they would head directly to the beach after the graduation ceremony, Lily got into her sage colored bikini and covered up with a matching floor length sun skirt and tank top. She slipped on her sandals and ran down the stair where as she suspected, the wolves were raiding her fridge.

"Vamonos" Lily called and was surrounded by wolves and carried by another in a flash.

"Vamonos" Jake smiled as he ran out the door, Jess, Collin, and Brady right behind.

Not everyone in LaPush had warmed up to the Cullens as the wolves and the elders, reason why they had decided to stay away from the ceremony. They couldn't have gone even if they wanted, it was one of those rare bright and sunny days in LaPush and a bunch of sparkly teens wouldn't have set well with an already apprehensive crowd. With Emmett missing from the mix, there was no one to challenge the wolves in 'let's see who can cheer the loudest?' contest, therefore Mags didn't have to suffer the humiliation Jess did when his name was called and the entire audience boomed and trembled. Mags still had the largest crowd there and turned beet red as the guys cheered and hollered. Of course Collin and Brady didn't help.

"Is that her?" Collin had asked, quite loudly

"Duh!" Brady answered just as loud "How many other blonde smurfs live in LaPush"

The ceremony was just like all other graduations, the usual 'this is not an ending but a beginning' speech, the typical class clown who danced his way on stage, the 'it' girl who used it as a runway, and the shy kids that like Mags stomped their way through, eyes glued on floor, and with the toss of the caps, it was over.

Since the wolves could smell food miles away, they didn't waste time in rushing to the beach where the Cullens had set up the bbq. Everyone else followed, leaving Maggie to congratulate her fellow graduates, Seth, staying behind with her.

For once Alice understood that what Mags wanted was an old-time bbq. There were hotdogs, hamburgers, potato salad, chips, iced tubes filled with sodas, sliced watermelon and plenty of graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows for smores.

Within seconds the guys stripped down, creating a mountain small hill of tees and shoes. Lily threw her shirt and sandals in the pile and joined her wolves, which were already scarfing down food and blasting music. Timbaland's 'Carry Out' began to play and Lily smiled as she danced her way over.

"Your song" Leah laughed

Lily laughed remembering the many lap dances she received to that song at her bachelorette party.

"Your song?" Sam chuckled

"Yeah?" Jake added "Your song?"

"Hey" Lily laughed "What happens in Vegas…"

"Stays in Vegas" the girls chorused.

The girls burst into laughter, and thanks to the looks the guys gave them, they laughed even harder. When Bubba Sparxxx's 'Miss New Booty' began to play Emmett became the middle to an impromptu booty bopping sandwich between Lily and Nicky.

"Hey, Lil, you shouldn't move like that no more" Paul advised

"Yeah, he's right" Emmett nodded, stopping his booty bopping.

"Oh please!" Nick laughed, pulling Emmett back "Lil could still move like that for quite some time"

"And she's so good at it" Alice giggled "That's why she's pregnant in the first place, right Jake?"

Jake laughed along with everyone as he shook his head. Lily winked at him and blew him a kiss which he automatically blew back. They were eating, dancing and goofing around when they finally picked up on Seth and Maggie.

"They're coming" Brady announced.

"Everyone act normal" Alice instructed. Funny thing was she was one of the one who needed to do so, she beamed, practically jumping up and down.

Seth had confided in them that he would be proposing to Mags at the beach that day. Lily and Leah had taken him ring shopping and Alice had helped Lily in giving him pointers in how to do the asking. The poor kid had been so nervous throughout the entire graduation and even as they walked down the beach, he looked like he was ready to make a run for it.

The entire group laid on their stomachs to spy, hidden by a small hill. Seth and Mags weren't talking and from the look on her face, she knew something was up with him. The kid would get close to her and look like he was about to ask but then backed away and stayed silent.

"What's with him?" Jake whispered

"I don't know" Lily answered "We told him what to say"

"His thoughts are all over the place" Edward stated, squinting his eyes as if he was having a hard time reading Seth's thoughts.

Seth pulled Maggie close to him, everyone held their breath, waiting for the moment, but instead he blurted out "I'll be right back" and made a run for it.

"Don't tell me he's running?" Leah rolled her eyes

"Seth?" Maggie frowned "Um? Why are you crawling on the sand?" she asked as the kid was obviously looking for something "Is something wrong?"

"What the hell's he doing?" Paul laughed as the Alice, Leah and Lily shook their heads.

"Maybe he's looking for an oyster with a pearl to give her" Jared laughed

"I'll see" Emmett said, zooming out before anyone could stop him. He was back in a flash "Nope" he shook his head "The kid's getting a stick"

"Now what?" Collin laughed as Seth looked as if he was washing the sand.

"He's writing " Emily answered

Breaths were held again as Mags walked over to read the 'Will You Marry Me?' Seth had scribbled in the sand. The girls bit their lips as Maggie's eyes nearly popped out of her head. She didn't say yes, but it wasn't necessary, the squeal and loud thud Seth made as he was tackled down was enough.

"I guess that's a yes" Quil laughed

"No" Jess chuckled "That's a hell yeah"

"How can something so small take down something so big?" Bella laughed

"He was so nervous, I'm afraid a gush of would've taken the kid down" Jasper chuckled.

By the time Nicky and Lily reached Maggie, she and Seth were already standing, hugging after he'd given her the blue diamond solitaire engagement ring. The girls pushed the kid outta the way and as they always did since they were little girls, they held hands and began to scream as they jumped up and down, joined by Alice a minute later.

….. ***** …..

The look on Seth's face was hilarious, like he couldn't quite figure out what had happened. The rest of the group laughed, at him and at the girls who were still jumping up and down, screams heard through LaPush.

"Four words?" Leah shook her head "You couldn't get four words out?"

"Leave him alone, Leah" Rosalie of all people defended Seth, who was still in shock "It's not easy for them to expose themselves to rejection that way"

"No, it isn't" Sam shook his head, Paul, Jared, Jake, Edward, Emmett and Jasper shook their head in agreement.

After all the congratulations, things got back to normal, eating, dancing, swimming, goofing around and having a good time. When the girls began having their silent conversations no one paid attentions, it was an everyday thing with them, and they never suspected what would happen next.

Jake was playing football when he realized Lil's scent was missing, not fading like it did when she was away from him, but completely gone. It took him a nanosecond to realize Maggie and Nicky were gone as well. The football game halted the moment Jasper picked up on his emotions and Edward read his thoughts.

"I can't hear Maggie at all" Edward stated

The bloodsucker had never been able to read Lil, Nicky's or even Jess's thoughts but he was able to pick up bits and pieces of Maggie's. He always laughed, claiming it was like watching tv without an antenna.

"They're concealing themselves" Embry guessed

"They're up to something" they chorused.

"I'm blocked out" Tink announced as everyone turned to her. "But I'll try" she said as she looked at Jake's face of concern.

Tink sat down and closed her eyes in concentration as they guys looked around, not sure of what to do. Looking for them wouldn't help; if they were concealed they were invisible in every way, to everyone.

"Maybe they're peeing or something" Leah chuckled, trying to calm the situation.

"THE CLIFF!" Tink yelled as she jumped up.

Everyone turned in time to see Lil, Nicky and Maggie suddenly appear, taking the 60ft plunge into the ocean below. Panic rushed through Jake like someone had turned his blood into ice water. He was a little edgy when she jumped with him, alone and pregnant, utterly terrifying.

Emmett was the first to hit the water, Jake and rest following right behind. Due to their lack of need for air, the bloodsuckers were much faster in water, reaching the girls within seconds. Emmett towed Lil to Jake as Edward and Jasper stayed close to Nicky and Maggie until they reached Embry and Seth.

"What were you thinking!" Jake scolded as he wrapped his arms tightly around Lil.

"It was just a celebration dive" she smiled "No biggie"

"Gave me a heart attack, Lil" Emmett shook his head "You know hard it is for a vampire to have a heart attack?

Lil and the girls were claiming 'no harm, no foul' but they knew they were in trouble. The fact that they had to hide to get to the cliff made it obvious they knew they shouldn't and the scolding they were getting from everyone was further proof.

Jake threw Lil over his shoulder before they were even out of the water. The moment his feet were planted on the sandy floor, he took off running.

"Where we going?"

"He's taking you to Carlisle" Edward answered, a smile in his voice.

"What for?"

"To make sure you're ok" Emmett answered matter-of-factly.

"Great" Lil grunted sarcastically.

The million 'I'm fine's and 'this isn't necessary's didn't do Lil any good, Jake would not be at peace until he knew for sure she was absolutely fine, and no one but Doc could convince him of it. Of course Tink had called the Cullen house ahead; Doc and Esme were already waiting.

"This is sooooo not necessary" Lil said to them.

Esme and Doc smiled as Nessie giggled, but one look at Jake and the humor disappeared

"I think it's better if I check you" Doc stated "For Jake"

"Fine" Lil grumbled.

"Oh, honey" Esme smiled "Cliff diving?"

"You jumped off a cliff, Aunt Lil?" Nessie asked with wide eyes

"Seemed like a good idea at the moment" Lil answered as the doc checked her.

It wasn't until the doc said Lil and the babies were perfectly fine that Jake realized Nessie had ran off and Esme was holding his hand and rubbing his arm, soothing him. He felt his cheeks redden but she gave him her dimpled 'momma' smile and walked to Doc's arms.

"Every day, normal activities are encouraged throughout pregnancy" Doc stated "With your age and health, you shouldn't be limited too much as your babies grow, but we do need to take into consideration that you are carrying a little werewolf and a little with, Lily" he went on "Extreme sports, such as cliff diving or fighting with Emmett and Paul are not recommended"

"But…"

"Honey, we're no longer talking about a bruise or a pulled muscle" Esme reasoned "You hit the water the wrong way, or get distracted in the slightest….." she trailed off "Just imagine what it would do to Jake and the rest of us if anything happened to you or the babies"

"Ok, I get it" Lil nodded "No more dangerous stuff" she walked up to Jake and tiptoed to kiss his chin "Sorry. I didn't meant to scare you"

Jake cupped her lovely face with his hand and leaned down, touching her nose with his. "Just like I need air, water and food to live, I need you" he whispered "And the first three, I could probably do without" he smiled "But if anything happened to you…"

She looked up at him, understanding and apology in her glorious eyes. She shook her head, silently telling him it wouldn't happen and then kissed him. Doc and Esme slipped away, giving them some privacy but they could hear everyone arguing in the living room.

They walked out of Doc's study, hand in hand. Immediately all eyes turned to them but Lil held up her index finger, stopping them before they bombard her with scolds and reproaches for the scare.

"I'm sorry for scaring you guys" she apologized "It seemed like a good idea at the time but now I realize how thoughtless and careless it was. We never meant to freak everyone out"

"That's what we've been telling them" Nicky crossed her arms across her chest.

"No more stunts" Lil smiled "Doctor Cullen said no more extreme sports. And I can't fight with Paul or Emmett either"

"We weren't going to anyways, Lil" Emmett chuckled

"Yeah" Paul added "We agreed to that the day you found out you were pregos"

Lil laughed as she shook her head. With the drama left behind and the bbq had cut short, they hung out at the Cullen house. Emmett suggested a karaoke night, so while Doc and Esme fired up some appetizers, the rest huddled in a circle around the living room, taking turns blaring out songs, most of them, especially Emmett, in the wrong key. Emmett sang not only off-key but extremely loud. Everyone winced and covered their ears but Nessie and Lil found it hilarious and couldn't stop laughing throughout the songs.

The singing paused while the appetizers were being eaten. Lil nudged Jake when she noticed Nicky, who was sitting across from them, in between Embry's legs, leaning back against him, looking around at everyone in the room. Nicky was smiling but it seemed like there was a lot more going on in her head than the scene in from of her.

"What's with her?"

"Don't know" Lil shrugged

Lil leaned back and kissed Jake's cheek. He tightened his arms around her and stole a quick kiss. From the corner of his eyes he caught Nicky looking at them with a big smile.

"Embry?" Nicky said without taking her eyes off Jake and Lil.

"Yeah?"

"Will you marry me?"

Jake and Lil snapped their heads in Nicky's direction. She was smiling, eyes glued on the coffee table. Embry had eyes as wide as saucers.

"Huh?" was Embry's genius answer.

"You, me, dun dun du dun, wanna?" she answered with a smile as she looked at Lil who was as wide eyed as Embry and mouth to match.

No one else seemed to notice what was going on, or pretended not to since Nicky would murder anyone who ruined her moment. Embry was shocked and taking his sweet time answering, couldn't, but by the look in Nicky's face, she was getting worried it was due to something else.

"Yeah" Embry finally answered as a smile took over his face "I do"

Nicky looked up at Lil, who by now was covering her mouth with her hands, completely shocked. Once again they were having a silent conversation, one that ended with an encouraging nod. Lil elbowed Maggie who was to her right and both stared at Nicky who with a deep breath, kneeled as she turned to face Embry.

"I love you, Embry" Nicky whispered

Lil and Maggie gasped as they placed their hands over their hearts.

"And I love you" Embry stated as he cupped her face. The look that covered his face as he stared into her eyes was once every wolf could identify. Like with all wolves before him, it took Embry a minute to realize what had just happened. When it finally dinged on him a huge smile crossed his face "Now more than ever"

Everyone in the room was suddenly staring at Embry and Nicky, which meant they all, had witnessed the entire scene. Nicky, wild, crazy and reluctant to love, for the first time in her life admitted to being in love and proposed to Embry, who had finally imprinted.

"Pay up!" Lil laughed

Jake couldn't help but laugh. Lil had been the only one that believed Embry would eventually imprint and had a bunch of vampires and werewolves grunting as they dug in their pockets.