I have to apologise about some confusion with Bella's twins. The babies ARE Jasper's babies and I'm thinking that because of this Bella will have an interesting pregnancy. Hopefully I won't be similar to the books though. Thank you so much for the response of the last chapter!
BPOV
I woke up next morning to the same odd sensation in my stomach again and looked down to see that my bump had swelled slightly over night and I could see through again. It was really starting to creep out and a scream hurled around the room before I realised it had come from me.
"Bells!" I heard someone gasp from the door and looked up to see the majority of the wolf pack and my friends looking down at me with faces full of concern. Seth was standing at the front and he walked quickly over to my bedside. "Are you alright sweetheart?" He asked tenderly as his big hands folded around both of mine.
"Yes I'm alright. I need Carlisle." I responded quickly and he nodded, still looking concerned, then reached for the phone on the table. After a quick conversation he snapped it shut and turned back to me. The crowd at the door had dispersed now that they knew I was ok but Jake was still leaning against my doorframe, one eyes fixed on me with concern and the other tracking Seth's every move, narrowing if he came too close.
"Jake don't you want to go and get dressed?" My voice was literally dripping with sugar as I asked him to leave but both of his eyes were narrowed now.
"No I think I'll stay and make sure your ok." He replied just as sweetly and I flopped back onto the cushions with a groan. Then my face lit up.
"Ok that's fine by me Jake. Tomorrow morning I'll come into your room and make sure you and Liana are ok. Then I'll stay and talk!" I chirped and his eyes rolled but he got up to leave.
"If I hear anything…" His threat was left hanging in the air and I waited to hear him go downstairs before pulling Seth back to me and kissing him fiercely. Predictably Jake stuck his head back through the door that he had left open.
"Bella don't you want breakfast? I wasn't aware that Seth had the ability to cook bacon and eggs in his mouth." He commented sarcastically and I pulled away from Seth to glare at him.
"How would you know? Have you been fooling around with my boyfriend?" I asked and he just scowled and plucked me off the bed. As he carried me, struggling, down the stairs his cheerful smile appeared and he grinned at me.
"So what do you want for breakfast?" I immediately stopped struggling at the mention of breakfast and Seth appeared to walk next to us. "I thought you were hungry." He teased as my stomach let out a loud growl and a deep red blush flooded my cheeks. It didn't help when Seth stroked my flushed cheek.
"What would I like for breakfast?" I wondered out loud as Jake set me down on the sofa and wrapped a blanket. Seth sat down beside me and pulled the blanket off before pulling me onto his lap and into his warm arms. "I would like to have some fried eggs please. Oh and chocolate chip waffles! Both drizzled with lemon juice and apple sauce!" I finally decided and Quil ran through the front door claiming that he'd be right back. The doorbell rang and Alice hopped up to answer it.
"Hi Carlisle!" She chirped and held the door wide. The handsome young vampire doctor stepped through and I blurted out the first thing that came to my mind.
"Hi Carlisle! You're very handsome and my stomach goes see-through!" I cried happily and everyone gave little cries of shock before I went on, "You look a lot like Jasper!" I was being very happy and go-lucky until I blurted out his name and tears started to fall onto Seth's leg.
"Ssh." Seth rocked me soothingly as Carlisle started to examine my stomach. "It'll all be fine." He whispered in my ear and the stayed still so Carlisle could complete the exam of my stomach.
"Bella did you say your stomach goes see-through?" Carlisle asked as he prodded around my stomach, "Edward go and get the machinery that's in my car." he instructed and Seth picked me up so he could carry me up to my room and lay me down on my bed.
"So Bella what exactly happens when your stomach goes see-through?" Carlisle had followed us up and was now speaking to me in a calm, doctor's voice while we waited for Edward to arrive with Carlisle's machinery. "Do you experience any pain or discomfort?"
"Well I'm guessing that one of the babies kicks and then my stomach just goes see-through. My bump has grown bigger everytime before that happens." I explained and he nodded thoughtfully while Edward set ip the machinery that I recognised from my last check-up.
"Interesting." He murmured as he unscrewed the tube with the blue jelly in it again and started to smooth it over my stomach. It tickled just as much as it had before and I giggled and squirmed so much that Seth placed his hand on my shoulder and held me down. Carlisle pulled out the big blunt pen thing and started pressing it against my stomach in various places while Seth watched the screen with delighted fascination.
"Well Bella it seems that the twins are growing at a healthy pace at the moment. My guess is that one or both of your babies has obtained a power that makes solid objects see-through." His sentence ended suddenly and he stepped back as my stomach grew a bit. I waited patiently and sure enough the odd sensation passed through me and then my stomach went see-through. Carlisle stared at my stomach as if he was waiting for something to happen and Seth wore a similar expression but Edward was staring at my bump with disbelief.
"Carlisle can't see." Edward explained to me, "Neither can Seth." I frowned and Carlisle looked to Edward thoughtfully.
"But you can?" He asked and Edward nodded quickly, his eyes never leaving my bump that was still transparent.
"I have a theory." Edward murmured quietly, "Can we get Esme, Alice and Rose up here?" Carlisle nodded and Edward strode hurriedly from the room returning a few seconds later with Alice and Rose in tow.
"Esme had to get to work." Rose explained and then glanced at me and my stomach. Her eyes went huge as did Alice's when they landed on me.
"Bella what the hell is going on with your stomach?" Alice spluttered as my stomach finally became solid again.
"These are Jasper's kids." Edward jumped in before I could even open my mouth, "And as you know some vampires have special abilities. Carlisle thinks that one or both of Bella's babies has a special ability that lets them make solid objects transparent. However neither Seth or Carlisle can see through Bella's stomach when it happens so I have a theory that only those who have some blood relation to the babies can see through the solid object." He explained and Rose nodded while Alice just stared at my bump and then at the screen where Carlisle was watching the two babies. He pressed a button on the side of the screen and a piece of paper appeared. He handed it to me and turned the screen off as I looked down to see the picture that had been on the screen seconds ago.
"Carlisle." I whispered, "Thank you." He smiled and nodded before turning to clear up the equipment he had brought. My stomach rumbled loudly and Seth chuckled.
"Ready for breakfast huh?" He asked as he picked me up and carried me downstairs, "Do you still want the eggs and waffles?" Just thinking about eggs and waffles made me want to puke so I shook my head.
"I would like…" Hmm…what do I want? "Ooh! Enchiladas please!" I chirped and Quil rolled his eyes as he got up from the sofa and disappeared through the front door.
"So you've been having lots of cravings for Mexican Bella." Emmett appeared from nowhere and flopped beside me. "Well only boys can handle spicy stuff so I reckon you're going to have twin boys. Ow!" He yelped as Rose hit him up the back of the head.
"Please." She scoffed, "You wouldn't even touch that chilli in the restaurant let alone eat it. So who did eat it and not complain once? Oh yeah me! I think you're going to have a boy and a girl."
"I agree with Rose." Quil called as he re-entered the room.
"Wow that was fast." Alice commented, "And I think you're going to have twin girls." Quil passed me a paper bag and I tore into it like a wild animal.
"Mmmm. So good." I managed to say around a mouthful of enchilada.
"Bella you're so…" The doorbell rang, cutting off Seth's sentence and Alice sprang up from the rug to Emmett sprang up from the rug to answer it. Edward came running down the stairs, his eyes narrowed.
"Hello!" Emmett cried as he swung the door open. "Oh. What do you want?" The smile had disappeared rapidly from his face and he was now scowling at whoever stood outside. I glanced at Edward, confused, but he just shook his head and moved to stand next to his brother with an equally angry face.
"You shouldn't be here." He growled and Alice bounced in front of me, her face drawn and worried.
"Bella." She began in a very quiet whisper, "Can you deal with talking to Jasper or do you want Seth to take you down to La Push?" Seth's arm was tight around me as she spoke and he was glaring at the door. A movement at the kitchen door caught my eye and I saw that the other wolves had come to glare too.
"I can't deal with him." I replied in hushed tones, "Definitely not now." We both looked to Seth and Edward grabbed Jasper's arm as we slipped out the back.
We were on the way to La Push in no time.
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Seth took my hand as we walked down to the edge of the wildly tossing ocean and we stared out at it for a long time, neither of us speaking. The waves were very powerful today as if someone was making them roll towards us like they wanted to capture us and drag us into their grey, murky depths.
"Bella?" I turned to see Seth looking at me with concern and smiled softly at him. I don't know what would have happened if he had come back so soon. I probably would have turned into some kind of zombie mourning for Jasper's love and angered by his betrayal if Seth had not returned. It was like I was a hole in a jumper somewhere and he was the needle and thread who sewed me back together again.
"Bella?" The concern was still plain on Seth's face.
"I'm fine Seth." I replied and his worry disappeared, "Just wondering what would have happened to me if you hadn't come back." My voice was a quiet murmur but he still caught it and the expression he was wearing told me he didn't know what to think of it.
"Well I am here." His arms wrapped around my waist and he turned me so we were standing face to face with the sea lapping at our feet. "So let's think about here and now and how it's just you and me standing here together." I sighed in content and leaned into his warm chest.
"Just you and me." I repeated and his hand came up to turn my chin.
"Together." He murmured and brought his lips down onto mine. Our mouths worked together in sync for several long moments.
"With me!" Until we were rudely interrupted by several familiar voices all crying the same thing at once. Seth groaned, his eyes closed, and leaned his forehead against mine so we were staring into each other's eyes.
"Do you think we'll ever manage to kiss on a beach without being interrupted?" He sighed as Leah, Paul, Jared, Jake and Quil converged on us quickly followed by the human members of our group.
"With this lot as our friends? I highly doubt it." I replied as Angela grabbed my arm and pulled me away from Seth.
"Are you okay?" Alice asked once I was sitting on one of the driftwood logs that made up a circle round the fire. Seth was sitting with the wolves on the other side of the circle and from the looks of it they were having a pretty intense conversation.
"I'm fine. What's going on?" I asked, my eyes never leaving the strained group on the other side of the fire that Emmett had just lit. For once everyone was entirely serious. Emmett pulled himself up from the fire and leaned against the trunk of the log I sat on.
"From what Edward heard Jasper has gone half-crazy and was planning to steal you away to a place where no-one else could follow. Jasper seemed to have forgotten that Edward could read his mind and was thinking about all the ways he could possibly kidnap you but he didn't let anything slip about the place where no-one could find you. He practically begged us to let him see you and managed to fill the place with flowers before Edward dragged him away." Emmett was staring at me with deep concern and I bit my lip in worry. Leah came over from the wolf group where they were still talking angrily.
"Bella we've made a sort-of decision." She began hesitantly, "You're going to stay at our house for a while until we decide what to do about Jasper." She sat down at my feet as the others came over.
"Alice, Rose could you get Bella's things ready please?" Jared asked, "You're more than welcome to stay too."
"Actually it might be best if you did stay. Angela you should come too." Paul added in and we all nodded thoughtfully. "Emmett you could either go home and face the crazy blood-sucker or you could stay at Demetri's." Alice, Rose and Angela stood up and hurried off to their cars while Emmett pursed his lips thoughtfully.
"I'll go home and deal with the crazy vampire." He decided, "He isn't a brother to me when he threatens Bells. I won't say anything about where you are." He gave me a half hug before he too disappeared towards his car.
"Bella come on." Seth picked me up and carried me away from the beach with the wolves, Kim and Demetri following close behind us.
The Clearwater house soon came into view and Seth set me down on my feet so I could walk towards the house. He seemed to regret his decision and swung me up again.
"You really don't like me walking do you?" I teased and he laughed but it was forced.
"Well I'm sorry if I want to carry my girlfriend over the threshold of the house." He teased right back but his eyes were tight and his mouth was folded into a thin line. I reached up and ran my thumb along his lips.
"Hey." I murmured and he looked down at me with a real smile, "I'm here now and me and the babies are safe. Can we have some fun and forget about the crazy vampire?" He grinned and kissed the thumb that still lingered on his lips.
"Your wish is my command." He set me on the sofa and disappeared into the kitchen to get drinks while the others arranged themselves around my feet and at my sides.
"Sam, Embry, Brady, Collin and Afton are running the border." Jared answered my unvoiced question and I relaxed as Seth handed me a steaming cup of coffee then sat down beside me and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. I hadn't realised I was cold.
"We're here!" Alice burst through the door and very carefully avoided the area we had all fallen on that night. "What did we miss? Jared can you get our stuff out of the car please? Paul and Quil you could be helping him." She made a little shooing motion with her hand and they scurried out of the door with frightened expressions.
"You missed us deciding we were going to play Spin the Bottle of Truth!" Leah announced and we gaped at her.
"When did we decide that?" I spluttered and she grinned, "Do you not remember the last time we played Spin the Bottle of Truth? I had to make out with Quil!" I fake retched and she laughed loudly.
"Come on! It will be fun!" She cried as Jared, Quil and Paul returned staggering under the weight of the bags.
"What will be fun?" Paul asked warily as he tipped his bags into a pile in the corner and sat down. "If you're planning on doing makeovers again I'm out of here." He looked apprehensively up at Leah but she just shook her head.
"We're going to play Spin the Bottle of Truth!" Rose squealed and we all looked at her. Rose never really squealed that was Alice's job. "What? First time we played it was the first time I kissed Emmett." She blushed lightly and I sighed.
"Well it won't be any fun without Emmett!" I moaned and then grinned, "First time we played was the first time I kissed Emmett." I mimicked Rose exactly and she threw a pillow at me before pulling out her phone.
"Em baby?" She put it on speaker and Emmett's loud voice filled the room.
"What's up Rosie?"
"5 words." She said, "Spin. The. Bottle. Of. Truth." There was a loud whoop from the other end and then the phone went dead. Rose looked up at us with a grin, "He'll be right over."
"I am confused." Liana said from where she sat on Jake's lap. "What is this game?"
"When we were up here for summer once we decided to play Spin the Bottle but make it more interesting so the person the bottle lands on gets to choose between a kiss or a truth." Jake gave her the short version and she nodded quickly as Emmett threw the door open and bounced in.
"I'm here!" He announced unnecessarily, "Let the game begin!" He pulled a bottle from his pocket and set it spinning on the ground. As usual it landed on me first.
"Bells truth or kiss?" A cheeky grin spread across his face and I knew he was remembering the first time we played.
"Kiss." I sighed. If I picked truth he would either come up with an insanely embarrassing one for me or an insanely stupid question. "Guys what do we do if the bottle lands on ourselves?" I asked as the bottle halted on me.
"Spin again." Alice ordered from Demetri's lap. "Bella! What are you waiting for? Spin the bottle!" She screamed and those closest to her edged away slightly. I did as I was told and groaned as it pointed at Quil.
"Why is it always me it starts on and then ends on Quil?" I cried and buried my head in Seth's shoulder.
"Bella as much as I hate to see you kissing another guy, or should I say boy, you know the rules." He smirked at Quil and then pushed me gently off his lap. I pouted.
"I thought you were on my side!" I complained as I crawled over to Quil, scowling at Seth over my shoulder all the way. I kissed him quickly and then backed away and wiped my mouth.
"Come on." Quil teased, "You were enjoying it!"
"Was not." I retorted like a little child.
"Was too."
"Was not."
"Was too. You know you love me Bella." He stuck his tongue out at me and I glared at him as Seth embraced me in a his warm arms.
"Never did never will." I stuck my tongue out too and kissed Seth.
"Ouch that hurt Bella!" Quil complained and patted his chest dramatically. I rolled my eyes and leaned forward to spin the bottle.
"Truth or kiss Rose?" I asked and she pursed her lips.
"Kiss." She finally said and flicked the bottle. It landed on Emmett and she kissed him happily. We all groaned as they started to get into it and Alice whacked Emmett's head to get him to stop.
"Rose it's your turn to spin." Alice shrieked and they broke apart, both grinning like idiots.
"Emmett truth or kiss?" She finally asked when the bottle stopped twirling.
"Well so far everyone has chosen kiss so I'm going to be the odd one out and go for truth!" Emmett announced truthfully and Rose started to think while muttering: 'Odd one out indeed.' which had us all laughing hard while Emmett looked hurt.
"If you had to go out with one of the guys in this room who would it be?" She asked and Emmett frowned.
"Do I really have to answer that?" He moaned and I grinned.
"If you don't you have to kiss one of the guys or go to school naked for the entire week." Everyone laughed as Emmett glowered at the floor, not wanting to be angry at me.
"Since when has that been a rule?" He muttered and I didn't answer just looked at him questioningly. "Fine. I would go out with Paul. I'm not saying why because you didn't say I had to." He said quickly when Alice opened her mouth.
"Oh look the bottle landed on you Alice!" He cried cheerfully, "Truth or kiss pixie?" A glare was directed at Emmett while Alice sat and put her chin in her hands thoughtfully.
"Truth." She finally sang and Emmett grinned.
"What is the most you have ever spent on a single shopping trip?" He asked and she blushed bright red and bent her head down.
"$35086.25." She whispered and our jaws dropped.
"Pixie say what?" Emmett yelped and we all laughed until someone banged on the door. The wolves all tensed and Leah went over and opened the door a crack.
"We have a treaty line for a reason!" She hissed and Paul stood up and made his way over to stand behind her shoulder.
"You need to get out of here right now or our agreement will be broken." He growled and I stiffened as I realised it was Jasper who stood on the other side of the door. He was jeopardising his family's happiness just to see me. I stood up and was immediately pulled back down by Seth's large hands on my waist.
"Bella don't." He whispered in my ear, "If he sees you he will want to take you even more. I can't lose you." His voice was strained and I relaxed into his chest apologetically.
"Sorry." I murmured and kissed his shoulder. A raised voice reached our ears.
"Let me see her!" Jasper cried, "Bella I know you're in there! Please come back to me. Please I love you!" His voice cracked and he started to sob. I felt a strange sensation in my stomach and looked down, expecting for it to go see-through. Nothing happened and Alice noticed my distressed expression. Her phone appeared and was next to her ear in no time.
"Edward." She muttered. "Jasper is here trying to get to Bella and something is happening to her." There was a pause and she held the phone out to me. "Bella?" She asked and I took it.
"Bella what's happening? I'm on my way to get Jasper right now. Do I have permission to come over the line?" I looked at Seth and he nodded.
"Yes you can come over. You know how I feel an odd sensation in my stomach before it goes see-through well I felt the sensation and nothing happened." I rushed and he hesitated.
"I'm just coming over the border. When I get there I'll see if I can hear anything from the babies' minds." The dial tone echoed through my ear and I snapped my phone shut as Edward ran up.
"Jasper get out of here!" He roared and I jumped, "You know we have an agreement with the wolves!" There was the sounds of a scuffle outside and I assumed Edward was dragging Jasper away. A second later he was back in the room with Leah and Paul right on his tail. He dropped to his knees in front of me and listened hard. From what I could see his golden eyes were like huge, round coins.
"What?!" I cried, "What can you hear?!" A tear leaked and dripped down my face.
"The babies." He said hoarsely, "They recognised Jasper's voice and wanted to see him. When you didn't go and see him they got angry and started to move restlessly. That's the sensation you felt." My eyes were huge now too and more tears fell.
"What are they thinking now?" Seth asked and a drop of water on my head was enough to tell me that he was crying too.
"They're thinking about Jasper and Bella's meeting on the beach. They understand why they can't see him and they love both you and Jasper." Edward was speaking to Seth and I glanced at him anxiously.
"Are they thinking anything about me?" I asked in a whispered and he nodded. If he was human his eyes would have been shining with tears by now.
"They don't want to hurt you and they're sorry if they do. They are unbelievably intelligent for their age. They love you Bella."
I seriously can't get enough of the Meet Jacob Black trailer! It's like DAY-UM! Taylor has seriously been working OUT! -Sighs and fans self dramatically before returning to watch again-