July 5th: Birth

At 3:30am Belinda went into labor with their baby girl. It was already 4:30am and their new baby girl wasn't coming out. It was causing more pain to Belinda and to Jaden. He hated seeing Belinda in pain. Even it was a good kind of pain it still bothered him.

Jaden was by Belinda's side the whole time. He was holding her hand and helping to guide her through this.

"J-Jay it hurts so much!"

"I know it does Bell but you have to keep pushing. Come on I know you can do it."

Belinda takes a deep breath and she pushes real hard for the last time. At 4:45am their baby girl Melody Sierra Cullen was born. She was crying when Carlisle puts her up more so Jaden can see her. Jaden looks down at Belinda and they both smile at their miracle. When Jaden looks down again at Belinda he sees her hand leave his hand and her eyes close then her heart stops. Jaden tries to wake Belinda up but Bella grabs his arms and forces him out of the room while Carlisle tries to relive her.

Jaden was trying to get out of Bella and Edward's grip but they kept tighten on his arms to keep him from hurting himself or anyone else. They knew his temper wasn't a good one and if he had to he would hurt someone to get to Belinda.

"Jaden, calm down, it won't help her at all if you're this angry."

"I need to be in there Edward."

"Calm down Jaden just calm down."

Jaden pushes Bella and Edward off of him and he goes and slides down the wall with his head in his hands. He starts crying since he didn't know if Belinda will survive. Edward and Bella comfort him the best they can but everything they did wasn't working. Jaden knew it was over. He didn't need his father to tell him that Belinda was gone.

After two hours Carlisle comes out not looking forward to telling his son the worst possible news he can ever hear in his life. He had a precious daughter but his wife didn't survive the birthing process. Carlisle worked on her for as long as he can but she didn't come back to them. When Jaden looks up at his father and sees his face expression he knew Belinda was dead for sure.

Carlisle knees down to his son and puts a comforting hand on his shoulder. Jaden shuts his eyes and looks away, wiping his face of his tears.

"I'm sorry son. I tried everything in my power to bring her back to us."

Jaden shakes his head at his father. He really didn't need to blame himself since Jaden knew there was nothing he could have done. She was gone and there is nothing on this world that will bring her back.

"It's not your fault."

Jaden says softly to his father. He looks down at the ground and looks up at his father with nothing but sadness in his eyes.

"I want to be alone."

Jaden says to everyone that was around him. He gets up from the ground and rushes to his room. He closes the door behind him and locks the door so no one can bother him. He knew he wasn't being a good father right now. He saw his daughter in Esme's hands and he just ran off. Right now Jaden can't even face his daughter without thinking of Belinda.

He lies on his bed, putting his face in his pillow and cries his heart out. He didn't care if everyone in this house hears him. As far as he was concern he had no reason to care anymore.

The rest of the family was downstairs with the new addition to the family. Melody was being held by Rosalie while Esme and Carlisle were talking about Jaden. Everyone was worried about him. Bella wanted to hold her brother and take his pain away. She knew what he was feeling and it was beyond any pain he has dealt with before. Bella was worried about her twin brother and was scared for him.

"Do you think Jaden will get through this?"

Esme asks, clearly with worry in her voice. She knew how it felt to lose someone so close to you. Esme was in the same position as Jaden and knows no matter what you do the pain never goes away. It becomes easier but deep inside it never truly goes away.

"I truly don't know. Jaden didn't have any emotions in his eyes, all I saw was the sadness he was feeling. I never saw him like this before."

Carlisle could see now the hurt Jaden endure when Bella and he believe him to be dead. This time through he was hurting for his girlfriend that was supposed to live and help him raise his daughter. Carlisle feels upset by all of this and angry with himself that he couldn't save her. He sits on the stool at the table and puts his face in his hands. Times like this he wishes he can cry for his family when they have to go through this.

"I don't what I can do to help him, Esme. He is my son and I should have saved her. She would be here and Jaden wouldn't be up in his room, alone, crying. They will be enjoying their time with their daughter."

"Yes I know that Carlisle but you did everything you could have to save her. Go upstairs and try to talk to him. Being alone isn't what he needs right now. He needs his father."

Carlisle agrees with his wife. He goes upstairs to his son's room and when he listens in he hears him crying uncontrollable.

"Jaden, its dad, open up so I can talk to you."

"Go 'way."

Jaden says through his sobs. Jaden didn't even to be here anymore. He wanted to be gone, to be dead. He knew he needed to be here for his daughter but right now he couldn't even take this pain in his chest, in his whole body. He wanted all of it to go away. He didn't want to feel anything anymore.

Jaden is still lying on his bed with the picture of him and Belinda in his hands. He was crying when Carlisle comes into his room. Carlisle sits on the bed, putting a comforting hand on Jaden's shoulder. Carlisle knew what his son was going through. He hated to see any of his children in pain and its hurt him to see Jaden in a state like this.

"It will be alright Jaden."

"No it will never be okay. You told me that Melody would die, you never told that my wife was going to die!"

"Son I'm sorry. I didn't know I thought she would survive the birth."

"I don't believe you."

Jaden says to his father. Carlisle was trying to have him know he really had no idea that she would die giving birth. It was a shock to everyone.

"Jaden Belinda was a daughter to us. If I knew she was going to die then I would have told you straight away. I'm sorry that this happened to you son but you have a daughter to think about now."

Jaden was thinking of his daughter this whole time but he can't bring himself to see her. He knew she will have a lot of features from Belinda and he doesn't know if he can deal with it. Jaden pulls himself off of his bed and looks up at his father.

"I need to go hunting first. Can I do that?"

"Yes but be back in two hours or I will come and find you. Do you understand?"

"Yes dad I understand."

Jaden puts a coat on and goes downstairs, not looking at his daughter or siblings. He goes out the door and runs into the forest when he gets the chance. He wanted to be away from his family right now. He needed to not be around people that can hear him.

Jaden knew one thing he needed to be a father to his daughter. He wasn't going to leave her when he the only parent she has left. Belinda was his soon to be wife and he loved her more than anyone knew. She wasn't only his creator or girlfriend, she was his best friend. Jaden has cried enough so he tries to not cry anymore. It doesn't matter as much he cries it will never bring her back.

Jaden hunts like he said he would. He gets as much blood as he can in his system so he can be around his daughter. She was fully human. Jaden was surprise that everyone else can be around her but Jaden knows he needed to have blood in him so he can control himself around her. It would destroy him inside if he killed his daughter.

Jaden was sick to his stomach over her death and he thinks eating will help him but as he was running home he feels like throwing up but it never comes up. Before Jaden goes inside he wanted this feeling to go away so he decides to make himself throw up. He puts his finger down his throat and then he starts to puke which made the pain in his stomach and chest feel better. He pukes everything up he has just hunted. He doesn't feel any pain which makes him happy. He wipes away the blood so his family doesn't wonder what happened. He wasn't a messy eater so Jaden barley came home with blood stain tee shirts and pants.

When Jaden walks inside he sees everyone trying to stop Melody from crying. When she locks eyes with Jaden, her father, she reaches out to him.

Jaden goes over to her and picks her up, holding his daughter for the first time. Jaden looks down at her and sees she has his eyes, Belinda's smile, and her cheeks and full lips. Jaden smiles down at her and holds her tiny hand in his hand.

"I'm your father Melody. I love you so much you don't even know."

Jaden sits down with her in his arms. At this very moment he didn't want to let go of her. He wanted to hold onto her for dear life. Jaden wouldn't admit it out loud to his family but he was scared he was going to lose Melody somehow.

Carlisle and Esme and the rest of the family were seeing how he was reacting with Melody. They didn't expect Jaden to accept Melody because of how upset he was about Belinda's death. They were glad and relieved that Jaden was being the father he needed to be to his daughter. Jaden was smiling at his daughter and everyone was glad he wasn't crying or angry anymore.