A/N:

Wow! Two chapters in one day! I know this one is a little on the short side, but I think its sweetness makes up for its shortness. I hope you have fun reading this chapter as much as I had fun writing it!
Enjoy! XOXO

-Chapter 10-

Plus.

It was an odd feeling that came onto me then. It was like half of my heart was excited, and half of my heart dropped to my feet. But I had already prepared myself for this, so it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be. The only hard part would be telling Jacob. I had no idea how he would react. I took a breath and walked out of the stall.

"I'm pregnant," I said clearly, looking her in the eyes for once.

"Oh, yay!" she yelled, giving me a hug with just her arms, trying not to knock the breath out of me with her belly. I appreciated that.

"I guess," I mumbled.

"Bella, Jacob will be happy, and you should be happy, too," she half-scolded.

A smile slowly crept over my face, and I hugged her back. "You're right,"

"Of course I am- which, by the way, is one of the pluses of being pregnant-," she whispered in my ear then, "They never disagree with you,"

I tossed the test into the trashcan, giggling. We both were, and it continued as we walked out the door.

"Now remember, Bella. Don't delay what you're going to say. It worries them. Just come right out with it. Doing that makes it easier for the both of you," She advised.

"Okay. Thank you so much, Emily. And even though you're about five months farther than me, we can comfort each other about our problems, okay?" It was more a beg than a statement.

"Absolutely. I need another mother to talk to," she laughed.

"You and me both," I laughed, too, and walked over to my car. My smile instantly disappeared as soon as I climbed in the cab.

As I drove home, I thought about what I was going to say. It reminded me of the time several months ago when I first got over Edward. I just couldn't really bring myself to laugh about it when I was in this kind of mood.

Of course, Jacob was there when I got home. He smiled and a look of relief spread over his face when he saw me. He wrapped me in one of his bear hugs and kissed me. I completely melted, and almost forgot my first mission.

I made myself pull away and look him straight in the eyes. "I need to talk to you," I said seriously.

He seemed concerned. Maybe… scared? That was unlike him. "Okay, sure. Sit down," His brows were furrowed.

I decided to take Emily's advice and just come right out with it.

"I'm pregnant," I said simply.

His eyes popped open and he didn't move a muscle. I waited patiently for a while, and he still didn't move.

I waved my hand in front of his face. Still nothing. Getting worried, I whispered, "Jake?"

A small noise came from the back of his throat that sounded like he was trying to respond, but couldn't. I let him be, once I knew he was alive.

I had counted to one hundred in my head before he could finally make out words.

"Are you sure?" he whispered.

"I took a test. They pretty much never lie,"

I did not expect his reaction.

A smile crept over his face, and he jumped up, grabbed me around the waist and spun me in a circle.

"You're happy?" I asked, bewildered.

"Of course I am!" he yelled, "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, I guess it wasn't like we had choices for our future or anything," I laughed.

"Exactly. Which is why this is so great," He hugged me even tighter then.

"I'm glad you feel that way, because my dad won't," I groaned as that thought occurred to me for the first time.

"Neither will mine, but hey, they'll understand in the long run," he assured me, "How long have you known, anyway?"

"I just found out this afternoon,"

"Then how far along are you?"

"I don't know. I'll have to make a doctor's appointment to know everything for sure. And I hope there's only one kid for now. I really wouldn't want to be in Emily's situation," I shuddered at the thought.

Jacob laughed, then stopped and said, "Yeah, you're right,"

It was my turn to laugh.

While I was on the phone, arranging a doctor's appointment during a convenient time when Charlie would definitely not be home, Jacob was practically bouncing with excitement. It was so funny. I had no idea he wanted to be a dad so badly.

"Calm down," I laughed, "you'll know for sure tomorrow,"

"Fine," he pouted. "When do I get to know the gender?" He was excited again.

"I won't know for sure until my 5-month check up. Remember when they guessed Emily's babies too early and they were wrong about it? There was actually one girl. They can't be sure until twenty weeks," I used my logic on the subject that I had gained before when I picked up a pregnancy magazine at the store.

"Aw," he pouted once more.

"I never guessed you would be so excited about this," I shook my head.

"Of course I am," he smiled, "Oh, speaking of which, I've gotta go tell my brothers, too!"

"You're getting way ahead of yourself, you know,"

"Well, it's too late for that now, isn't it?"

I smiled and kissed him. "All right, go," I sighed.

"Okay. I'll be back soon!" he ran out the door, and a few seconds later, I could hear a huge ripping sound even from here. He must've been so excited that he accidentally phased with his clothes on. Nice.

I shook my head and sat down on one of the kitchen chairs. Instinctually, I put my hands on my stomach. Although it was small, I could feel the tiniest little bit of roundness. It was just a little bump, but when I touched it, I was surprised to feel how hard it was. Wow. For that to be there, I had to be at least two months along. Took me long enough to figure out, I thought.

I suddenly felt hungry, and took out some pretzels to munch on while Jacob was momentarily gone. I was beginning to realize how boring my life was without him, but at least now I had a little company with me, so I wasn't completely alone. For some reason, that thought was comforting. Then I remembered that Emily was home alone, too. I would just talk to her.

I picked up the phone and dialed her number.

"Hello?" she said.

"Hey. It's Bella," I sighed.

"Hey! How'd it go?" she asked excitedly.

"He's ecstatic. He left to go tell his brothers. I didn't expect it at all, but I'm really glad,"

"You didn't expect it? Please, of course he's excited,"

"Oh, I know he's excited. I could hear his clothes rip from here when he phased,"

She laughed, "I'm not surprised,"

"So how's it going with you?"

"Good, good. The kids are beating the crap out of me,"

"I'm sure mine will be, too. After all, they are little werewolves,"

We both laughed.

"So do you have any idea how far along you are?"

"I don't know. I already have a little bit of a bump that I just noticed a few minutes ago, so at least two months,"

"Wow. You took almost as long as I did to figure it out,"

"Well, it's just the last thing you consider, you know? It's like your brain blocks out the idea,"

"I know exactly what you mean," she said with understanding.

"So, two boys and a girl, huh?" I asked.

"Yep. I guess you won't be able to find out until the fifth month,"

"Nope, but maybe I can cheat and do it on the fourth. But you can't trust anything until then,"

"I hope it's a girl. I only have one, and she wouldn't want to feel left out,"

"Maybe it will be. I'm fine with either, though, as long as it's Jacob's,"

"And I'm fine with mine as long as they're Sam's,"

"I guess that's the most important thing," I smiled to myself.

"Yeah," I could hear a smile in her voice, too.

I began to hear several people coming toward the door.

"Oh, I think I can hear them," I said with a hint of fear in my voice. I felt unsure. Without realizing it, I backed towards the counter away from the door.

"And, there's my cue to go," she laughed.

"Okay, bye, then!"

"Bye," She said, still laughing. The phone disconnected just in time for a huge rampage of wolves to come through the door.

I was attacked with hugs and congratulations. Sure, I didn't really care too much for attention, but this was kind of inevitable. And even though being crowded by such enormous amounts of heat felt like I had fallen into the pit of a volcano, I couldn't help thinking that this was how things were meant to be.