Chapter 11- Guests and more unwanted gifts

(RPOV)

The last three days had just dragged. I had spent the rest of JR's birthday, and a good portion of the next day in bed. A few hours after JR was born my family removed the hospital bed and put a nice big California king in the room. It was the best thing to spend my short recovery in. Of course my family made it so I didn't have to worry about JR during that day and a half. He had yet to feel a bed beneath him; the only time he was ever put down was to be changed. I had decided to try breast feeding. The only bad thing was he was always so hungry that what I was producing was barely enough, we had to have multiple bottles of formula ready or he screamed his little head off. He most certainly had his father's appetite.

The first thing I wanted when I got out of bed was to hunt. I was feeling famished and none of the human food was appealing. I unfortunately had to go by myself. Even though only one person could hold him at a time, no one wanted to leave the house. Of course I didn't want to leave my darling boy either, but I knew I had to, so I had pushed off going until today, JR's third day with us. I made this hunting trip the fastest of my entire life. I quickly found a herd of dear and drained three before running back to the house.

When I got back I knew it was time to take care of some business. First things first: embarrass my husband.

"So Jake, weren't you wondering how you made it from our house to Dad's old bedroom the other night?"

"Yeah. I asked Edward when I realized where I was and he said later. Well it's most definitely later." Jake seemed a bit perturbed that Dad had left him in the dark for so long.

"Jake," Dad said quietly. "Honestly, I didn't tell you because you're not going to like it."

"Why? What happened?"

"Well bro, when we got over to your house after Ness's call you were sort of just staring into space. So Alice threw some clothes on you-"

"Uncle Emmett I want to finish this. Like he said, Aunt Alice threw some clothes on you, Uncle Em carried you over here, and deposited you in the chair you woke up in." The look on my husband's face was priceless. I saw a flash and heard a snap, Grandma's camera. It had been permanently attached to her hand for the past day. She was taking pictures of every single thing that happened with JR. She had already emptied her 10gig memory card three times, and it could hold four thousand photos. Perfect, Jake's face was captured for eternity. Time for the second part of my fun: taking down Emmet.

"Hey Uncle Em, haven't you forgotten something over the past few days?"

"Hmm? Not that I can think of. What'd I forget Ness?"

"To Pay Up! Remember I won the baby pool." His face fell.

"Shit! You did. Here," he reached in his pocket and pulled out a wad of cash. "I guess this is yours. Although I think you should be disqualified, mothers intuition and all." The whole family started laughing at him, he hated to lose a bet, and I had beaten him twice in only a couple of months. I heard another click, Grandma strikes again!

"Maybe we need to change our little family saying. I think it needs to be don't bet against Ness, Alice seems to be on a losing streak." I got an evil glare from Alice while everyone else laughed. I was on a role, who else could I cut down to size. I noticed JR was in Rose's arms, I wondered how often she had released him to someone else.

"Ness, don't go there. Jake already tried and almost lost his hand." Sorry Dad, she's going to know that he is MY son, not hers. My father just shook his head at me.

"Aunt Rose?"

"Yes Ness."

"Can I please have my son please? As much as I enjoy being here with all of you, I really think Jake and I should get JR back to our house."

"Awe, Ness, I just got him."

"Somehow I find that hard to believe." I said under my breath as I reached for my sweet boy. I knew she still heard me though, and she handed JR over without a fight. I looked at Jake and asked, "You ready to go home?" He quickly jumped off the couch and was at the back door. As we reached the back door I heard my mother yell for me.

"Ness?" She was in the kitchen, strange but I guess she was making something for Jake for later.

"Yeah."

"Can you please make sure you are back here bright and early tomorrow morning? You know how impatient your uncles are when it comes to opening presents."

"No problem Mom. As soon as JR is awake tomorrow morning we'll be back over." Holy Crow! I'd completely forgotten it was Christmas Eve.

"Oh and Ness. Have fun giving Jake his present." Damn Alice and my father. Did everything have to be told to everyone?

When we got back to our home I quickly put JR in his crib. He had fallen asleep in my arms on the short run to the house. Even though we really didn't need it I turned on the baby monitor, with what I had planned I didn't want to take any chances of not hearing him if he woke up. So far he had proven to be a very pleasant baby. He usually slept through the nights, he rarely screamed; only crying softly when he was hungry or needed to be changed. The fact that he slept through the night was making me very happy, Jake and I needed some time together.

Jake leaned down and kissed JR's forehead, grabbed my hand, and headed for our bedroom. I went right into the bathroom to get ready. I had hoped JR would be born by Christmas, and for that reason I had bought something special when I was in Seattle. I'd looked hilarious walking into my family's favorite lingerie boutique with a huge pregnant belly. Ashley, the store's owner, knew our family very well. Like all of us she had assumed I couldn't have children, so she was surprised to see my belly. She had known our family for about fifty years, becoming a close friend after we introduced her to our vegetarian lifestyle. Ash had never enjoyed killing potential clients, she felt she was taking business from herself. Since the day Ash took down her first deer the women of my family had been in the best lingerie the world had to offer. I explained to Ash what I had wanted and she found me something absolutely perfect, like she always did.

When she handed me the little gold and black that her shop was known for, I prayed that I would have my son in my arms, and my figure back before Christmas. I had hidden the bag at the back of my vanity in the bathroom. It was hard to believe that was only three days ago. I pulled the bag out of its hiding spot and put on the red lace flyaway baby doll and matching thong panties. The red lace of the baby doll was timed along the "v" neck line, the open front hem and the bottom edge with white marabou feathers. Ash had thrown in a matching Santa hat. The hat was red satin covered in the red lace of the lingerie and rimmed on the bottom with the white marabou. It was the naughtiest Santa's outfit I had ever seen. When I turned and looked in the full length mirror I was pleasantly surprised, I already had my pre-baby figure back. My stomach was once again flat. The only noticeable change was my hips were a bit wider and my breasts were much fuller.

I decided it was time to give my husband his present. Ash had also given me a huge red satin bow. She had told me it was to drape over my shoulders so Jake could "unwrap" his present.

"Ness are you alright? You've been in there a long time."

"I'm fine Jake. Go lay on the bed and I'll be right out." I heard the springs of the bed squeak under his weight as he complied with my request.

I unlocked the bathroom door and slowly opened it. The light was still on behind me so I knew I was nothing more than a silhouette to him. I made use of this fact to drink in the sight of him lying on the bed. He was in just his boxers, propped up on his elbows staring at me. God his body was perfect, how did I get so lucky? My amazing man had set the mood in the room with dozens of candles. Sometimes I wondered if he couldn't read my mind as easily as my father did.

I turned off the bathroom light and watched as Jake's eyes glazed over with love and lust.

"Merry Christmas Jake."

"Ness…wow, you're…shit…you look…damn…fucking hot!" I loved making him speechless. I was hoping to have him muttering incoherently the rest of the night

"Would you like to unwrap your present?"

He didn't even bother answering me before he was at my side, picking me up, and carrying me to the bed. He threw me into the center then jumped on me. The bow was quickly shredded, leaving us covered in red satin confetti.

Our lips found each other and I could feel all of Jake's longing for me being poured into it. I hadn't felt sexy for quite a few weeks, and couldn't even consider the idea of being intimate with my husband. As my mind was racing, Jacob pulled away holding his weight up with his enormous hands. His gaze filled with compassion and lust. He bent down, pressing his hot body against mine, the pressure alone could send shivers down my spine. He placed light kisses down my neck and I arched up against him turning my head for easier access and what I desired. As he sucked on my ear, I felt the heat emanating from in between my thighs. It didn't take much to dazzle me under his spell. Time to get him under my control!

With all my strength, I wrapped my arms around his neck and tightened my legs that were glued to his muscular thighs and in one sudden rocking motion... I was on top of him. His eyes wide with anticipation. I kissed my way along his jaw and down his neck. Swirling my tongue on his nipple, I felt him thrust into the air, a low grunt esaping his lips. I was filled with lust and love in that same moment. Not wanting to get off him, I slid myself trailing kisses down his chest and down to his hips. I ran my fingers along his festive silk green boxers giving them a quick tug with my teeth making an elastic snapping sound as it hit his skin. I placed my feet on the ground. While taking a step back I motioned with my index finger not to move.

Swaying my hips from side to side, I began to slowly undress myself. He looked so handsome propped up on his elbows watching me. Thankfully he remained on the bed, I wanted to save at least one pair of lingerie I owned! I knew my husband would love me with my full hips and breasts so I prowled over to him purring in his ear, "What do you want?"

In an instant I was on my back, pieces of confetti gliding through the air. "All of you, forever," his rough voice sending chills through my body. His hand brushed down my stomach and down into my inner thighs, his touch light and teasing. I whimpered and took his hand in my own, dragging his fingers up and down my already wet core.

Jacob knew exactly the kind of rhythmic motions that made any type of coherent thought go out the window. I gasped as I felt him slide two fingers inside me. I didn't even have time to catch my breath before he thrusted in and out again. I could lay here for hours...

"Sweetie, this is pure bliss."

"Oh yeah Ness, did that feel good?" he growled at me. His hands returned to my breasts pinching, kneading, sucking, biting... I moaned into his shoulder. He ran his hands down my sides cupping my bottom and I began to lose my train of thought. I ran my lips up his neck and nipped at his ear. Sending jolts of electricity coursing through our bodies. I couldn't take this teasing anymore!

"I want you inside of me, NOW!" A wicked grin spread across is gorgeous lips and I felt the tip of him at my entrance. I tightened my legs around his hips and dug my heels into his lower back pushing him deeper inside of me. Both groaning at the sensation. It seemed like forever since this exact moment had happened. I haven't been the best pregnant wife, but I knew my husband forgave me for all the hormones. And my mind was racing; this is so damn incredible I kept repeating to myself as he slowly thrusted in me.

"Jacob. Please. Harder." With that, he paced himself in and out with tremendous force. I knew it wouldn't be long before we were both gasping for air.

I started to feel the oncoming waves of pleasure course through me; I bit down on his shoulder.

"Ness you're so fucking tight. So wet."

"I love it when you talk like that," I managed to slur out. I was in a sensory overload with every feel of his warm touch. His hand was swirling on my bundle of nerves now and I bit down on my lip. The combined sensations sent me soaring into my orgasm. As I convulsed around him, I felt him pump in and out with all his strength and a string of profanities left his mouth as he climaxed inside of me. We lay there for a few minutes, staring into each other's eyes, thankful we had each other. We fell asleep locked in our loving embrace.

I was awoken the next morning by a soft cry coming through the baby monitor. My darling little boy was awake. The cry was quickly getting louder and louder. Damn those werewolf appetites. I threw on my silk robe and walked down the hall to JR's room. I grabbed the boppy pillow and threw it next to the rocking chair. I walked over to the crib and looked down into the perfect face of my son. He had stopped crying when I had opened the door. He had a big smile on his face that was making his emerald eyes sparkle up at me. I picked him up and walked over to have a seat in the rocking chair. I reached down and situated the boppy around my waist. I cradled JR in my arms allowing the boppy to support him too. My son reached for me with his little fingers. I began nursing him and he greedily drank it all down. I switched sides and he again drank everything my body offered. He let out the tiniest cry and I knew he was still hungry, so I lifted myself from the chair and carried him to the kitchen. I quickly fixed him a bottle of formula. He finished the bottle in no time and let out a huge belch for such a tiny body.

"That's my boy!" Jake exclaimed as he walked into the kitchen.

"Don't encourage him in that behavior Jake. I want him to have manners."

"Ness he's too young to understand me yet." Just as Jake said that JR reached up and touched my cheek. Jake's comment replayed in my mind.

"Oh my. Jake you might want to rethink that comment."

"Why?"

"Come here. JR, do the same thing for daddy." My son obeyed and touched his father's cheek. Jake's mouth fell open.

"Ness, he has your power. But how? I thought they were always unique. How does he have the same thing you do?"

"I don't know. But I think this will be a very interesting Christmas."

Jake held JR while I got dressed. Once I was in a pair of black leggings and a long cream colored tunic sweater, I took JR to dress him while Jake went to get ready. I was trying to dress him in a cute little sleeper that said "My first Christmas" (courtesy of Alice and overnight delivery) on the front. JR obviously didn't want to be in the outfit and was fighting me. He was getting angry. It was the first time I had seen him acting like this. Before I knew what happened he started shaking and a tiny light russet colored baby wolf was standing on the dressing table.

"JAKE! Get in here now. We have a huge problem!" Jake was in the door way in a matter of seconds. He looked at JR, looked at me, then burst out laughing.

"Oh Rose is going to love this! Ha." Jake continued laughing.

"Jake I don't see what is so funny about this. Our son is a wolf!"

"Calm down babe, I'll be right back." I could hear Jake strip out of his clothes in the hall and felt the change in the air as he phased. Into the room walked the giant russet wolf that was my husband. I knew he was talking to JR. Telling him to be a good boy and just lay down. JR let out a little yip then circled on the table and laid down. In a few minutes my son turned back into the sweet human boy. He looked up at my and was giggling. Jake left the room and was back, fully clothed, in less than thirty seconds.

"So I take it whenever he gets mad or upset that is going to happen?" I held up the pieces of the once cute outfit. "Well Alice will like getting new clothes to replace everything he is going to rip to shreds." Jake started laughing again.

"Yeah, I think it will happen every time he dislikes something, Ness. Well every time until he gets a bit older and learns to control it." I didn't know how I was going to handle this. Well time to head over to the house and get the rest of my family's take on this. I put him in a little t-shirt, a tiny pair of sweatpants, and a matching sweatshirt. He was all smiles now. I picked him up, grabbed Jake's hand with my free one, and walked up to the main house.

I was immediately assaulted by the smell of food when I got to the house. It smelled like a restaurant. When I looked in the kitchen there was enough food to feed and army set out. My mom and grandma were working quickly, perfectly in sync, preparing everything. I looked in the living room and saw that all the furniture had been removed and a huge table that could easily seat 50 was now occupying the space that the couches had been in last night.

"Merry Christmas. What is going on? Are we expecting an army, Mom?"

"Merry Christmas hunny. No, just a few werewolves and some other friends."

"Werewolves? What?" I looked at Jake and he just smiled.

"Merry Christmas Ness. I wanted to give you something special. So I went down to La Push and invited our friends and family to Christmas dinner here. Quil, Claire and their family are coming. Also Sam and Emily's daughters and their families, as well as Jared's family are coming. And of course I couldn't forget our actual family down there. Sarah, Ephraim, and Lizzie and their families will be here too." I couldn't believe it. I was going to get to see everyone at once, and they would all get to meet JR too. I squealed, Claire was coming, I had wanted to see her so bad, but with my pregnancy it wasn't easy for me to get down to see her. We had talked on the phone, but that was the same as it had always been.

"When do they get here?" I was so excited and my three family members in the room could just see it on my face.

"Give me my grandson and I'll tell you." Mom was right in front of me with her arms outstretched to take JR. I handed him over and she quickly answered me, "Around 2 dear." She was then lost in talking softly to my son. My dad came in the room and seemed surprised to see Jake and I there.

"Bella love. Why are you shielding everyone's thoughts in here?"

"I'm not." Everyone looked confused. I knew immediately who was doing it, and I understood now how he had my power.

"Dad walk over next to Mom and JR." He looked at me like I was nuts, but walked over there anyway. "Can you hear everything now?"

"Yes I can. Like I do when I'm under one of Bella's bubbles. I can hear all of you but not anyone else in the house. What is going on?"

"Its JR. I think he's a sponge, I don't really know what else to call him." He didn't really have my power, he had absorbed it. Just like he had absorbed the shape shifting and Mom's shield.

"Very interesting. A sponge, hmm?" Dad was pondering the idea, while Jake stared at me with wide eyes and a mouth agape.

"What do you mean by a sponge?"

"Jake don't you get it. You asked earlier how JR could have the exact same power as me, since no one we have ever known has the same vampiric power. His power isn't mine Jake. His power is to absorb what others can do. He will have any power he comes in contact with. So already he has my projection, Mom's shield, your shape shifting, and I'm sure Dad's mind reading."

"But the shape shifting is a part of him. He didn't absorb that."

"Yes it is a part of him that is not supposed to manifest until his teens. He is already phasing as a newborn. He absorbed the ability now, taking it directly from you."

"So when he gets near Alice and Jasper he'll have their powers too?"

"Actually I assume he already does. He's been around them the past three days."

"Great! Edward, you thought you had it tough as a parent when I imprinted on your daughter right away, and had her showing you everything she wanted through her touch. You've got nothing on me now. I'm going to have to deal with a son who can shape shift, see the future, read my mind, manipulate my emotions, all the while being able to hide it from you. This is going to be torture for the next however many years!" My father started laughing at Jake, but I knew just what he meant. If I had been scared before, I was terrified now. How was I going to manage this? I was going to be the worst mother in the world.

"No you're not Ness. And you are going to manage because you have the support of a loving husband and family. You will be fine Ness."

"Thank you Daddy. I needed to hear that. Mom, Grandma, do you need help with anything?"

"No, we're actually done for the moment. Let's go open presents. Call for your grandfather, aunts and uncles and meet us in the dining room." The couches had been moved into the dining room for the day. While everyone else headed in there, I went to the base of the stairs.

"Aunt Alice, Uncle Jasper, Aunt Rose, Uncle Emmett, Grandpa! Time to open presents." As I went into the dining room, I was shoved out of the way by a short blur of black hair that was Alice, then a blonde blur that was Jasper, and finally a hulking blur that was none other than Emmett. Rose brought up the end and walked arm and arm with me into the room. Everyone had staked out a seat already. JR was now in Grandma's arms, smiling and gurgling at her. I saw him reach for her cheek. Whatever he showed her had her smiling and turning to me. She handed him off to me and I looked at her curiously.

"He wants you. All I saw in my mind when he touched my cheek was your face." We all took seats on the couches and chairs. Our gifts were quickly handed out and opened with gusto. Paper and bows were flying everywhere. All of my family had opened their presents and there was still a pile of gifts. Dad was reading my thoughts and knew I was confused by the pile yet. He informed me they were JR's. I didn't know what else could have possibly been bought for him. There was another huge pile in a separate corner of the room which turned out to be presents for all of our guests that were coming.

The day passed quickly. I helped my mother and grandmother finish the preparation for the dinner we were serving. Everyone started showing up around 1:30pm, right after I put JR down for a nap. The first quests to show up were Quil and Claire. Quil grabbed me into a hug that had I not been half-vampire would have broken me into pieces. Claire literally pried me out of her husband's embrace. She started squealing in my ear while she hugged me. I felt like it was the night before my wedding and we were both young again. Of course I looked like I hadn't aged at all.

"Where is that little boy of yours? I want to see him." The rest of the guests arrived with much the same request. When JR woke up just after dinner he was passed to each guest who treated him like a prince, which to them he really was, he was the chief's son. We all spent a nice evening visiting and opening gifts. Everyone left in the late evening. I went upstairs to feed JR in my dad's old room, which had been decorated into a beautiful guest bedroom by grandma. When I came back down stairs the giant table had been removed and the couches were back in place. I noticed a small, wrapped present sitting on my father's grand piano.

"Who present is that? I thought we got them all." I walked over to the raised platform, cradling JR in my one arm and reached for the gift with the other.

"Who's is it Ness?"

"Mine." I walked over to the couch and gave JR to Jake. I sat down next to them and opened the box. It was a familiar wooden box, just smaller than the previous two I had received. I gasped and dropped the box to the floor. "No, no, no, no, no, NO! Everything is now perfect." I noticed my father had picked up the box and was opening it. "Dad what's in it?"

"Plane tickets and a note. Ten first class tickets for a flight from Seattle to New York to Florence. The flight is for January 2nd."

"Dad, read the note."

"Dearest Renesmee, Buon Natale dear girl. How are you feeling? I would like to welcome your son to the world. I apologize for the bracelet I sent earlier, I guess he will have no interest in wearing that. Please tell your grandfather I appreciated the letter. I do miss my old friend. I hope I am not ruining your Christmas celebration or your vacation from yet another school year, but I would like you and your family to visit us in Italy. I have supplied tickets for your flight, and there will be a limousine waiting for you at the Florence airport to bring you to Volterra. I look forward to seeing how you have grown into a beautiful woman, since I have not seen you since you were a child. I also look forward to seeing the rest of your family and getting the opportunity to meet Jake and your son. See you and your family soon dear young one.Aro. Ness, I know you have no interest in going to Italy, especially in taking JR there. However, we cannot ignore this request, or it will bring the entire guard on us. We have to go. It looks like we will be spending the rest of our school break in Italy."

I knew my father was right, that we had to go, you didn't ignore a request from Aro, but it didn't mean I had to like it. JR will not be leaving my arms that entire trip. I will do whatever I have to to keep him safe!