Chapter Ten

Jacob's POV

I sighed as Nessie locked herself in the bathroom again. Every morning, after a sleepless night on both our parts, she'd take her time with the pregnancy tests. So far they have all been negative, but today was our last day on Esme Island so Nessie was extremely hopeful.

Judging by how long she's been in there now told me that it was another negative result.

"Ness? Please open the door, sweetie." I said calmly, knocking lightly on the unlocked door.

"You can…come in…if you….want." My Nessie said in between sobs.

When I twisted the handle and entered the bathroom, I saw that my wife was laying in the bathtub fully clothed and clutching the small piece of plastic in her hands for dear life. I sighed again and motioned for her to scoot forward so I could sit behind her.

"Jakey…I thought this was…the time." Nessie sobbed uncontrollably, showing me the minus sign on the stick she had just peed on. If she hadn't been my imprint or my wife, I would have thrown a fit about it being so close to my face.

"Shh. I know, Ness, but it'll be okay, I promise. We'll try again when we get home." I replied, rubbing her back soothingly as she cried into my t-shirt. She finally seemed to be calming down, when she turned to me solemnly.

"Mom could get pregnant and Dad was a vampire. What if you and I just can't have kids together?" Nessie asked seriously. I could tell that she had been giving this a lot of thought over the last two weeks. "I mean, I'm half vampire, and you're a werewolf. What if our species just can't mix?"

Instead of answering her, I placed a kiss to her forehead. "I don't know, babe." I whispered, not yet accepting her hypothesis as a fact. "You're my imprint. That has to count for something."

Nessie perked up. "Imprints are supposed to carry on the line, right?" She asked with a gleam in her eye. I nodded, understanding where she was headed to. "So that means I must be able to have your babies, if only for the fact that you're the Alpha so you're legacy must continue."

I smiled at her lightened mood. "That sounds like a great reason." I said with a seductive grin. "But I can think of a couple other reasons…"

"Jacob Black!" Nessie blushed as I kissed down her neck. "We're supposed to be getting ready for our trip home! Besides, we're in a bathtub!"

"I don't care." I growled against her neck and she giggled like I knew she would. "Who's going to care if we're a few hours late? Besides, I'm just fulfilling my husbandly duties, Nessie Black."

"Hmm. Nessie Black. I like the sound of that." My Ness giggled again. "Does that mean Renesme Cullen is forever gone?"

"As long as you're mine." I laughed, deliriously happy.

"Jake, have you seen my sunglasses?" Nessie asked as she frantically searched the car for the pair of shades that were right on top of her head.

We were finally on the road and actually making good progress, despite the fact that Nessie wanted to stop at just about every town 'just to see.' I swear, if I didn't know her, I would assume she was some crazy tourist. As it was, she was a crazy tourist but for a different reason. She was house shopping.

We both knew that we didn't want to stay at the Cullen Mansion or Billy's house now that we were married, but we weren't sure where we wanted to stay. Nessie decided that she would make a game out of searching for our perfect house. I found it adorable.

"They're on your head." I said with a chuckle and leaned over and pulled them down over her eyes. One hand remained on the wheel the whole time.

"You're going to kill us." Nessie said for the hundredth time. She was just like her mother, always afraid to drive with someone else behind the wheel.

"It's a good thing we're both immortal, then, huh?" I joked, earning myself a glare.

Nessie got distracted from my teasing and 'terrible' driving when we hit Forks city limits. I could see that I wasn't the only one who was happy to see the Cullen's when as soon as I stopped the car in front of the Mansion, Nessie was already up the flight of stairs and in the living room. I doubt if even Edward could have made an entrance that fast.

I followed behind her at a slower pace. What I saw in the living room surprised me. A brown haired, pale girl was lying on the couch rubbing her extremely huge pregnant belly. For a second, I thought I was dreaming and it was Bella again, but when I stepped closer, I could see that it was Max.

"Woah. What kind of bird feed have you been eating?" I teased. We all made bird jokes to the Flock and they joined the Cullen's to make dog jokes about the Pack.

"The kind that makes you extremely fertile, apparently." Max responded back coolly. It was weird to see her not being sarcastic or bossy. Pregnancy sure changes people.

"How far along are you?" Nessie asked in a hushed tone, trying to hide her discomfort at the situation.

"Physically, about seven months. Actually, only two weeks. Apparently, the avian gene is sort of an accelerant." Max replied while Fang rubbed her arm absentmindedly.

"That's…that's great." Nessie spit out before she looked around the room, her expression pained. "Where is the rest of my family?" She asked and I finally noticed that there weren't any vampires on the residence.

"Oh, they said when you guys got here that we were supposed to send you to La Push borders first. They'll catch up with you later." Nudge said from Iggy's lap. Angel and Bex were playing dolls with Gazzy and Seth in the corner so I didn't have any worries that my daughter was in good hands.

Nessie, on the other hand, refused to leave until she got five hugs from Bex. One for every year that she looked and one for her actual age. It was remarkable how much she continued to grow.

"Lets go, babe. Wouldn't want to disappoint the Pack." I said, ushering Nessie to the car again.

By the time we got to the border, it was dusk.

"I wonder why they wanted us to meet them here?" Nessie asked from the passenger seat. "I mean, isn't that weird for the pack?"

I didn't have time to answer her because all of a sudden, a man sped in front of the car and I swerved to keep from hitting him. I could hear hisses and shouts at the man as I helped Nessie out of the car.

"Emmett, that wasn't funny! You could have hurt them!" Bella vampire-yelled.

"What are you guys doing here?" Nessie asked, not even bothered that her uncle almost caused a one car wreck.

"We're putting the finishing touches on your new house." Rosalie replied with a smile.

Wait, house? Blondie smiling? This was too much.

Nessie rushed into the humble, yet obviously Cullen tweaked, house. She was too excited to wait for me and I was too stunned to follow after her.

Esme and Alice laughed at my expression. "You didn't think that we weren't going to build you a house, did you?" Esme asked. "Oh, Heavens. You are family now, Jake, though to be honest, you always were."

"We built it right on the border so we'll be allowed to visit and you'll still be close to your pack." Bella piped up. She saw the hesitant look on my face and smiled. "We got it approved from the council before we even started on the foundation, don't worry."

"I…I don't know what to say." I stuttered as Nessie beamed up at me, done with her inspection.

"I guess our house hunt is over." Nessie whispered so low that even the vampires wouldn't hear. "Its perfect for our family, Jake."