One More Night
Chapter Ten
Bella laid her head on Jacob's chest as she held their infant in her arms. Vanessa was asleep which made her that much more precious to them. Jacob's arms wrapped around his girlfriend as she giggled.
"She's so beautiful, Jacob." He chuckled and kissed Bella's cheek.
"She's perfect, just like her mother." She blushed as she looked to him before she nuzzled his nose, sweetly kissing his lips.
"You are a terrible liar." He chuckled before stroking her soft cheek.
"I'm not lying. You both are perfect, just the way you are." Rosalie casually strolled over with a bright smile.
"I am inclined to agree with him." Rosalie extended her hands towards Vanessa with excitement in her eyes. "May I?" Bella nodded and gently placed the sleeping baby in Rosalie's arms.
"Where does she usually sleep?" Rosalie smiled as Jacob stood, his arm wound Bella's waist.
"In my arms or Esme's, Leah's, or Jacob's." Bella smiled, happy that Jacob was already so close to their daughter. It warmed her heart that he had quickly become the father she knew he could be. "I don't think there could be a more perfect child in the world." Rosalie smiled at them before she walked over to the rocking chair, humming a quiet melody to the sleeping baby.
Bella and Jacob gazed out the window at the starry, moonlit sky, content in that moment, when Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Esme came out of the woods, laughing joyously together. Bella was suspicious of them leaving to say they were hunting and coming back without a drop of blood on them.
They watched the door as Alice bounced in with the three others behind her.
"It's midnight!" Alice cheered and Bella rolled her eyes.
"Alice, I know it's late, but I'm not tired. I have too much energy." The little pixie giggled before shaking her head.
"No, you silly! Happy birthday, Bella!" Everyone clapped except for Bella, Jacob, and Rosalie who was busy with Vanessa.
"1) You better not be trying to throw me some birthday party because we all know how well the last one was. No offense, Jasper." He chuckled softly before standing by his mate.
"None taken, Bella." Then, Bella continued her statement.
"2) I stopped aging three days ago." Alice got an amused smirk on her face.
"I'm not throwing a party, you silly. Though, we are celebrating anyway. So suck it up." Alice held her head high as she pulled a chain over her head from around her neck that had an old key on it. "It's not just a gift for you. It's also for Jacob and Vanessa, too." Bella was confused as Alice handed her the necklace.
"A necklace is for all three of us?" All of them laughed as Bella tilted her head in confusion.
"Not the necklace. It's the key and the lock it opens. Come on. I'll show you." Bella looked to Jacob who smirked before he took her hand. They followed after Alice through the woods until she stopped them the length of a football field from a clearing. "Go take a look, Bella." She released her hand from Jacob and walked to the clearing before a gasp left her lips.
She saw the most beautiful, rustic cottage she had ever seen. Vines grew up the sides and the front of it was covered in overgrown bushes. The cottage was made of dark stone.
"What?" She looked to Alice as her and Jacob walked over to Bella.
"We started building it right after the wedding. We thought you might like a place of your own. Of course, we thought it would be just you and Edward, but we accommodated it for your little family." Bella smiled brightly.
"It's perfect, Alice." She nodded.
"I thought you might like something that wasn't so flashy. Jacob put his own little touches in it that he thought you might like. Go on. We can take care of Vanessa tonight." Jacob took Bella's hand before smirking at her.
"Come on, Bells." He guided her towards the house while Bella mouthed a 'thank you' to Alice who clapped happily when they disappeared into the cottage.
"Aw, young love." She ran off as Bella took in the living room she went into. There were wooden bookshelves filled with all of her books from Charlie's and a nice wooden coffee table, a nice fabric arm chair, and black leather sofa along with a nice flat screen tv on the wall by the fireplace.
Jacob guided her down the hall where she first saw a kitchen with the same counter tops as at Charlie's, fake wood, a nice fridge, stove with two ovens, dishwasher, and sink. They moved past the kitchen to the first door.
"This is Vanessa's room." He opened the door and switched on the light for her to see. She was amazed by the inside of this room. There was an old wooden rocking chair, hand carved crib with white, crisp sheets, a wooden changing table with cloth storage tubs, and a day bed with a canopy over it. The walls were a light russet, like Jacob's fur and she was amazed when Jacob turned out the lights. The ceiling was covered in glow in the dark stars.
"It's perfect." She spoke sweetly as he guided her out of the room. They walked further down the hall and he opened a bathroom door before showing her through it. There was a shower, jacuzzi tub big enough for her and Jacob to fit in easily, a double sink, and toilet in a closed off area. He lead her through where he showed her the large closet Alice demanded on. Bella switched on the light and was shocked by the huge stock pile of clothes, jewelry, shoes, and handbags. "She wouldn't be dissuade, would she?" He chuckled softly.
"Yeah, but I was able to convince her to let me stock your old clothes in here." He nodded his head towards a small dresser in a corner.
"Thank you. Now, I don't have to be a human Barbie doll." He rolled his eyes at her, amused by her aversion to the subject.
"Not human. Remember that, honey." She nodded as she blushed. "My stuff is over there." He nodded to another dresser so she would know what was there. It was much smaller than hers, but she knew it was because he required a lot less. He extended his hand to her and she took it quickly before he lead her out of the closet and to the final room.
She switched on the light and took in the sight of a California King bed along with a tv on the wall across from it. She walked over to it and rubbed her finger on the cool, soft, black sheets.
"What is it?" He asked as she bit her lip, a thought entered her mind.
"They started building this house while I was on Isle Esme. The fact that there are two bedrooms doesn't make sense. Vampires don't sleep." He walked up behind her and encased her in his strong embrace, laying sweet, seductive kisses on her neck.
"Obviously, it wasn't intended for sleep." She moaned and tilted her head to the side as he devoured her sweet skin, rubbing her hips erotically. "We are alone now. No one will hear us no matter how loud you are." She whimpered aloud as she scratched her nails along his forearm.
"Is that so? How can you be so sure of that?" She teased him as she moaned, very aroused.
"Let's test it out, baby." She turned to him before she pushed him down on the bed, straddling his waist. Urgently, she kissed him and he clawed at her back, ripping her shirt down her back by accident. She moaned and he gasped. "Sorry." She shook her head before she pulled it off.
"Don't be. I like that you are losing control." She pressed her mouth back to his before ripping his shirt down the middle. He sat up, still attached to her, while he pushed off the torn material. She gripped into his hair as she whimpered into his mouth. "I want you so bad. Please, no foreplay right now." He nodded before he flipped them over, removing himself from her. She was surprised by him moving away before he roughly pulled her shorts down along with her panties.
"You are mine." He spoke huskily as he worked on his jeans and she undid her bra in the front, massaging her breast.
"Hurry up, Jake." He pushed down his shorts and boxers before kicking them to the side. He grabbed her knees and pulled her to the edge of the bed, spreading her legs. He quickly buried his thick erection into her depths, getting a loud moan from her. She arched off the bed and he instantly started pounding into her. "Oh, god, yes!" She cried out and he bent over her, kissing her passionately.
"I missed this." She screamed out as she scratched down his back, getting a hiss from him when she drew blood. "Damn, honey. You like it when I'm this rough with you?" She thrusted her hips towards his as she threw her head back, whimpering and groaning in response to the assault on her body.
"Yes! God, it feels so good! I missed you doing this to me!" She gripped onto his face and kissed him roughly, whimpering into his mouth, while his hips hit her hard with each supernaturally powerful thrust of his hips. Her body bobbed with the force he was putting into his erotic movements and, along with her heightened senses, it made the sex that much more pleasurable to her.
"You missed me doing this?" He gave another hard thrust before smirking against her lips. "Or doing this?" He asked before he twisted his hips, slamming into her sweet spot. She threw her head back and screamed out so loud he was afraid she would destroy her vocal cords.
"YES!" He buried his face in her ocean of hair, grunting with each movement of his hips, while she was the loudest she had ever been while they had sex.
"I'm gonna cum." He groaned as he felt her tighten around him and they both gasped from the sensation.
"God, me, too. Please, Jake! Make me cum!" He growled and kissed her with a fierce passion while he twirled his hips inside her, still doing his godly moves. She screamed out when her climax hit and his soon followed, both groaning.
She felt his seeds fill her and he became limp within her already slick walls.
"God!" He pulled out and laid on the bed next to her, his face against the soft mattress.
"You were really holding back before, weren't you?" He nodded vigorously as he struggled to catch his breath.
"How could you tell?" She giggled before smirking at him.
"I would like to have some of that every night." He chuckled breathlessly before pushing himself up on his hands.
"Your wish is my command, Bells." She giggled as she moved over to his and placed her chin on his shoulder, placing her hand on his back gently.
"This is nice." She whispered to him and he softly chuckled before he sweetly kissed her cheek. "There is no impending doom. No Volturi. No Victoria. No imminent death. Everything is finally peaceful." He smirked as he looked at her happily.
"Yeah, peaceful." She pressed her face into his soft, smooth, russet skin, taking in his musky scent, before she heard something.
She snapped her head up as she heard laughter in what she thought was her head, but it couldn't be.
"Bells, what's wrong?" She looked to him in disbelief before she sat up and he did the same.
"Did you hear that?" He narrowed his eyes as she looked around, focusing to try and hear it again. Then, it came.
That was so not funny, Paul! I will kick your ass! She heard Leah as Jacob placed his hand on her back.
Come on! It was a little funny. You never know. He might just bite you in the sack, sweetie. Paul teased her and she growled.
My relationship with Edward is none of your concern. Plus, look who's talking. You are making a pediphile out of your imprint so go fuck yourself! Bella gasped as she stopped focusing and looked to Jacob.
"This is going to sound very strange and maybe I'm just losing my mind, but I think I can hear the pack in my head." Jacob's eyes widened as she said this.
"Are you sure?" She nodded.
"I heard Paul and Leah arguing. He was making fun of Leah's and Edward's relationship." Jacob's eyes narrowed with confusion as he rubbed her back.
"Hmm, that is very strange. I can't hear their thoughts when I'm not phased." She nodded, agreeing.
"Exactly." He kissed her temple which earned him a contented sigh. He knew just how to make her relax.
"Maybe it's because you didn't become the way you are like I did, like all of the others did. Vanessa's blood made you like this. I phased because of my DNA. This wasn't naturally a part of you. Just because you are a wolf doesn't mean you will experience everything the same as the rest of us." She nodded before she sighed sadly.
"But, I'm obviously not a wolf, Jake." He was confused by what she could mean. "I have never been as angry as I was when I nearly killed Seth today. If anything should have made me phase, it should have been that, but I didn't. I'm definitely not like the rest of you." He chuckled before he pulled her close into his side.
"Bells, there is nothing wrong with that. Have you thought that maybe it's because it was Vanessa's blood that turned you? That might be why you haven't phased, why you can hear the pack? Vanessa is different than the rest of us. You can see that. She hasn't phased and she is growing really fast. It is possible that she will be the same kind of wolf as her. There is nothing wrong with being different, honey." She smirked at him before giving him a passionate kiss. He smirked and held her close as he pressed his forehead affectionately to hers. "I don't care if you sprout fur or not. You will always be my Bells, perfect in every way." She smiled as he calmed her worries.
"Jake." She sweetly spoke his name before kissing him again.
Bella pulled open the fridge before grinning ear to ear. It was fully stocked.
"Yes! I'm starving!" Jacob chuckled as he pulled her back from the fridge, holding her against his chest. "Hey! I never interfere with you eating!" She protested and he chuckled as she poked him in his side.
"You should be hungry after all the sex we have been having. I'll cook for you. Just relax, honey." She relaxed before she turned to him, passionately kissing him. He gripped onto the shirt she wore at her hips before pressing himself against her. She moaned softly as he worked at her mouth.
They had been at it for hours and this was the first time they had left the bedroom. It was sweet to her that he was offering to cook for her. It was really romantic to her.
She watched from the kitchen table as he busied himself around the kitchen, making a simple dish for the both of them to share. He made spaghetti.
They both got a bowl and quickly chowed down. She thought it was delicious and she wasn't sure how he made it so scrumptious, but he did. She even went back for a second helping. He had prepared a lot of it, but she knew most of it would be going in his stomach.
It reminded her of her own cooking, how she used to busy herself around the kitchen for her father before the wedding. She frowned and sat down her bowl as she thought of this.
"Hey." Jake softly spoke to her as he moved to where she was sitting, on the counter. He took her hands in his as he gazed into her eyes. "What's the matter?" She shook her head as she pressed her forehead against his.
"I was just thinking of Charlie. He is probably freaking out." Jake frowned and wrapped his arms around her slender waist.
"I know, honey. We will deal with him tomorrow, I promise. We just need to work on you controlling yourself." She smiled at him before kissing him happily.
"Controlling myself, eh?" She teased him, thinking he meant her sexual urges for him, but he wasn't referring to that.
"Get your mind out of the gutter, babe." He kissed her lovingly before smirking at her. "I wasn't talking about sex. You don't exactly move around like a human anymore. Charlie isn't an idiot. He will know something has changed. We don't want to include him on the secret unless we have to." Bella nodded before wrapping her arms around his neck, receiving a smirk from him. "Like that, you moved too fast and too gracefully." She groaned as he pulled her arms down and guided them back to their place around his neck.
"That's like a painfully slow crawl." He snickered from her distaste of the slow movements.
"You will get used to it after a week or so. The Cullen's are more professional at it than the pack. We tend to slip up from time to time." He teased her and she sighed as she noticed the sun starting to come up.
"We didn't sleep at all last night." He smirked knowingly before grabbing her ass roughly.
"For good reason. We will just need to go to bed early tonight." She giggled before she pulled him to her, kissing him wildly.
"How about we take a shower?"
Bella took Jake's hand in hers as they entered the Cullen house without knocking and found everyone in the living room. Edward was sitting on the couch with Leah sleeping with her head in his lap, Seth was standing near the window, and everyone else was standing around, reading something.
"Emerging so soon?" Emmett said as he saw Bella and Jake in the door and smirked smugly. "Break anything?" He asked with a teasing glimmer in his eyes.
"Emmett…." Bella said his name in warning before her lips formed in a tight line and she shook her head. "No." Jake chuckled as his arm moved around her waist and Emmett napped his finger in disappointment.
"You aren't doing something right if nothing got broken, Jake." Esme gasped and slapped Emmett on the back of his head. "Hey! What did I do?" Esme didn't respond. Emmett knew Esme thought it was disrespectful to interrogate someone on their sex life with their mate.
"Emmett, I am not talking to you about my sex life, period." Edward cackled at this before rolling his eyes. "Hey, where's Vanessa?" Bella realized that she didn't see her newborn anywhere and Rosalie wasn't there either.
"Rose stole her." Emmett teased and Bella gasped in panic from Emmett's serious tone.
"He's kidding, Bella. Don't freak out." Edward said softly before nodding to the window. "Rosalie took her outside for some fresh air." Bella relaxed and scowled at Emmett.
"Not funny at all." Suddenly, Edward stiffened and looked a little angry. "Edward? What is it?" Bella asked and he nodded out towards the side of the house in the direction of La Push.
"We have two sets of visitors. Sam's pack is coming and Rachel Black is almost here. I can hear her thoughts." Paul perked up when he heard that his imprint was coming over there. Jacob wasn't worried about Rachel being there until Edward continued. "Rachel thinks Bella is dead." Bella gasped as Jake held her tighter. "Sam read it in Leah's mind and told Billy. He just got to tell Rachel and she got in the car to come over here. She wants to support her brother and meet her niece." Bella looked to Jake in worry.
"Paul, come with me and Bella outside. I'm sure Rachel will want to see you." Paul was happy to follow them out to the driveway.
They stood in front of the large, glass house and waited a few minutes before they saw the green Saturn coming down the dirt road. Rachel was shocked when she saw Bella standing between Jake and Paul, waiting for her.
Rachel parked and climbed out of her car,disbelief across her features.
"Bella?" The sweet, pale girl nodded with a soft smile.
"Hey, Rachel." With a sigh of relief, Rachel ran over and gave Bella a tight hug. To the new wolf, it only felt like a little, soft hug.
"I thought you were dead. How are you alive?" Rachel pulled back and Bella smirked.
"A little persistence from your brother. I would hug you back, but I don't know my own strength right now. I would hate to hurt you." Rachel nodded and searched Bella's eyes, finding the brown eyes she always had.
"But, I don't get it? If your not a vampire, how would you not know your strength?" Bella giggled before smirking.
"Something happened after Bella had the baby." Jake said a sad tone in his voice. "Bella's heart stopped and the Cullen's tried to save her by giving her some of their venom, but it wasn't working. The venom was counteracted by our daughters blood and it turned her into a wolf." Rachel gasped as she looked to Bella.
"Really?" Bella nodded as she held Jake's hand in hers.
"It was touch and go there for a bit, but I'm fine now." Bella looked towards the side of the house Rosalie was on before calling out. "Rose, can you bring Vanessa over here?" She requested and Rachel quickly hugged Paul. She had missed the wolf who imprinted on her so much. She was so caught up in hugging him that she hadn't heard Bella's request or saw the yellow-eyed vampire bring over the infant who giggled and cooed at her mother. "Hey, sweetie." Bella took her before giving the newborn a sweet kiss on the forehead. "Rachel?" The girl released herself from her wolf before she looked over to Bella, seeing the medium complexed newborn in her hands.
"This is Vanessa." Jake said softly as he stroked the newborn's head full of thick, black locks.
"Oh, my god." Vanessa blew a raspberry at Rachel who giggled. "She's so beautiful!" Rachel exclaimed happily as Vanessa blushed.
"She is your niece." Bella said softly and Rachel nodded, full of euphoria.
"Can I hold her?" Bella nodded and placed the newborn in Rachel's arms as Vanessa played with her aunt's raven locks. "Hi, Vanessa. I'm your Aunt Rachel." Vanessa stared up at Rachel with a big, toothless grin on her sweet little chubby face. "I thought it would be a few years before I'd call myself an aunt, but here you are!" Bella and Jake smiled at Rachel and Vanessa.
The first meeting between aunt and niece was adorable and it made Bella want to cry.
"She is special." Bella said as Edward ran out the door with Leah and Seth beside him.
"They are almost here." The other Cullen's sped outside as Bella placed her hand on Rachel's shoulder.
"Rach, get behind everyone." She nodded as she complied, holding the newborn close in her arms. Jacob, Bella, Edward, and Leah stood in front of everyone as Sam, Embry, Quil, Brady, and Colin came out of the woods in their cut off shorts.
The La Push Pack gasped as they saw Bella standing beside her mate.
"What do you want, Sam?" Jake growled and his hand shook in Bella's. He had once called Sam his brother, but he tried to kill his girlfriend and their daughter. He was dead to him now.
"How is Bella alive?" Sam asked, flabbergasted, and Bella growled.
"Answer the question, Uley." Bella warned him with her tone and his pack stopped a few feet from the Cullen's and the Black Pack.
"We came to apologize." Jake growled and Bella released her hand from his before stepping forward.
"Apologize for what? For trying to kill my daughter? For trying to kill me? Both?" Sam gulped, but then saw when he looked in Bella's eyes that she wasn't a vampire. She couldn't hurt him if she wasn't a vampire.
"Both." He said softly, but held his head high.
"Sam, in the past year, you have done a lot for not just me, but Jake as well, which why this is all you are getting as a reply." He was confused by what she meant until she pulled her fist back and punched him in the face, sending him a few yards. He looked to her shocked as she gave him a death glare. "All you have done for me and Jake is the only reason you aren't dead right now. If you ever threaten my daughter again, I won't hesitate. I will kill you." She warned before she turned and approached her mate.
"You heard her, Sam." Jake smirked smugly and watched as his former best friends stepped forward.
"Jake, please, don't be like this. You are our brother. Why won't you just come home?" Jacob growled at Quil and Embry.
"That isn't my home anymore. Home isn't where your friends are lead by a smug, stupid tyrant or where your friends would so willingly go along with said tyrant to kill your family. Bella and my daughter are my family. It took this whole ordeal for me to see that blood doesn't make up your family. It's loyalty.
"When it came down to it, it wasn't my best friends who stood by me. When my girlfriend and our daughter were in danger, you stood against me. It was Seth, Leah, and Paul who sided with me. Given Leah and Paul had their own reasons, they stood for what was right and that is what matters.
"Whether you tried to or not, you betrayed me by standing with Sam and that is something that is not easily forgiven. What if it was Claire, Quil?" Quil's shoulders sunk in regret and Jake's glare turned to Jared. "What if Sam threatened Kim?" Jared followed suit, completely filled with remorse. "What if I threatened Emily?" His eyes landed on Sam who moved to his feet, still standing tall.
"The difference, Jacob, is that you didn't imprint on Bella. Your feelings for her have always been strong, but not that strong." Jacob growled and Edward smirked, knowing he was about to knock them all of their feet.
"Actually, that's not true." Edward spoke up before his arm moved around Leah's waist. "He did imprint on her." Sam's jaw slacked in shock and disbelief.
"What?" Jake grinned smugly and Bella moved closer into his embrace.
"I can read his mind so trust me. He imprint on Bella yesterday." Jake's scowl returned as he gazed at his ex-alpha.
"You going to come up with some other excuse for why it's not the same?" Sam's head bowed. "Anyone who chooses to leave my pack is welcome to as is anyone who wants to join in. I'm not going to push anyone to bend to my will. I'm not you, Sam Uley, nor will I ever be.
"You know that if I did to Emily what you have done to Bella and my daughter, you would have killed me so be happy that you are still alive. Now, leave!" Jake growled as he pulled his imprint close to him who smiled up at him with pride.
She was proud of him for standing up to Sam. She knew it couldn't be easy. Jake had looked up to Sam for so long. It would be hard to put that type of bond in the past.
"Goodbye, Jacob." With that, Sam and his pack turned around and retreated into the woods. Quil and Embry stopped for a moment to look at Jake in brotherly longing before sighing sadly and leaving.