Chapter Eleven

I sit with Embry in the bathroom after a bit of a dizzy spell after a long patrol. Embry massages my back as I sit in the hot water in the bathtub and I moan as I relax. Leah comes in with some more hot water and she pours it into the tub. I smile at her and we share a small happy moment. She does not like me too much after she found out I am Sam's cousin. But she has come to terms with it a little and she is not as upset ad she was before. Embry kisses my temple and massages my shoulders a little.

"Baby, are you sure it is not something we should call a doctor about?" Embry asks once more in the past ten minutes. Leah defends me and smacks the back of his head for his persistency. I smile and bring his hand to my lips to kiss the backs of them softly.

"Have some faith and trust me when I say that i am alright and I am not going to die or anything. Dad says that I did this once when I was little and I was getting sick. Just a few more minutes in the tub and then you can take me to bed to sleep," I say with a smile. Embry sighs and then gets up to leave before saying something he regrets. Leah comes over to help me wash a little.

"How long has it been?" Leah asks. I look at her in confusion and she shakes her head with a wide smile. "I asked how long it has been since you two had sex."

"Oh, well, I would say that it has been some time since I got back. Why do you ask?" I say softly. Leah squeezes the water filled bath sponge above my back and I hiss a little.

"I can tell he is wanting to have sex and is dying to do you, but you are not feeling too good now to allow him that chance," Leah says. I smile just when Sue comes in with a towel and a bathrobe.

"How are you doing, Marinna?" Sue asks. Leah helps me stand and I take a deep breathe. "Have you been stuffing yourself of Emily's dishes again?"

"No, I am barely able to keep some of my food down," I say and look down at myself. I see that i am starting to get a small muffin top. "This must have been from when I was in Italy. I love my Italian pasta."

"Don't worry, we can get you back to what you looked like before you left," Leah teases. I giggle and then slowly get out of the tub with Sue and Leah's help. Embry comes back in once I am dry and the bathrobe is on me. He smiles at me when he walks over to pick me up in his arms and then carries me to my room. I lay my head on his shoulder and close my eyes for a moment before sleep overcomes me slowly.


There is a knock at Billy's door and I go to open it to find Sam standing there with a basket and a big smile on his face. I cross my arms over my chest and raise a brow at him. He is supposed to be helping Billy and Embry with something this morning, and yet he is here.

"Billy told me to come bring this to you. Emily made all your favourite foods and she put a few new recipes she thought you might like to try out and make with her at our next cookout," Sam says.

"Sam, I can barely keel my food down now. I am happy for the thought though and will gladly accept the basket to let Embry feast on it when he gets back from school," I say sweetly.

"How is online schooling for you?" Sam asks, as he handss me the basket.

"Good, I am taking a test later today and I hope I am well enough to finish it. But, you have somewhere to be right now. I promise to call someone if I need some help with anything," I say. Sam nods, kisses my cheek, and jogs into the woods to return to where he is supposed to be. The house phone rings not long after and I close the door to go and get the phone.

"Hello, I am calling to speak to a Ms. Black?" the caller on the other end says sweetly.

"This is she, how can I help you?" I say.

"Good afternoon, this is your doctor at the local clinic. I am calling about some of the tests you did when you were last here," the caller says.

"Oh, thank you for getting back to me so soon," I say in surprise. I place the basket on the table and walk to the sink to get a glass of water.

"I was wondering if you are not busy and come to the clinic to discuss the results," the doctor says. My eyes wander to the clock to calculate how much time I have between Embry's arrival here.

"I can be there in about fifteen minutes, if that works for you," I finally respond.

"I shall leave the afternoon open for you. Thank you and I shall see you soon," the doctor says. I put the phone back on the receiver and take a deep breathe. It takes me a few minutes before I get my butt moving and go to get my purse and keys to my truck. My head is swimming with thoughts of what the test results will tell me. My head is hurting from all the thoughts when I park the truck in the parking lot and then get out slowly. I check in with the front desk and am immediately escorted to the doctor's office.

"Thank you for coming so quickly, Ms. Black. I am sorry, but this is a tad urgent and needs to be discussed with you as soon as possible," the doctor says. I have only seen this doctor a few times, so this person before me is still a stranger. Yet here that person is about to tell me either good news of some kind or bad news. I am leaning more towards bad news. I sit in my chair and try to distract myself a little by messing with my fingers. It takes me a moment to realise that the doctor has told me something.

"I am sorry, what?" I ask politely.

"I said congratulations, you are four months pregnant," the doctor says. I blink and stare in shock before passsing out. Is that true?!


I wake up to see Embry's worried face and the sound of a heart monitor. Embry smiles at me when he sees that I am awake. I look around and then look into his eyes. Something tells me he knows something that I may possibly not know as of yet.

"Hi, I got a call at Billy's when I got there. They said you fainted while seeing the doctor," Embry says softly. He kisses my forehead and caresses my cheek.

"I was asked to come to discuss my test results and the doctor told me something surprising for someone like me. Embry, we are going to have a baby," I say. Embry smiles widely and squeezes my hand. It dawned on me when I realise that he knew before I just told him. "You knew? How?"

"When I arrived and spoke to the doctor, I was told the news and I was waiting for you to tell me. Baby, is this something that you want?" Embry says. I close my eyes and think for a moment.

"I am not sure, but I do not want to take the child's life when it has not begun yet. I am just scared how it will be when we are only sixteen and having a baby of our own. People will judge us and make fun of us and the baby. Also with the thought of the baby having vampire traits possibly. I am worried that the baby and the two of us will be shunned and I will not do that to you or our child," I say.

"What about putting the baby up for adoption?" Embry suggests blindly. I open my eyes and look at him. I see that he does not mean it and he wants to keep the baby.

"No human can care for a baby like ours and from what I am seeing in your eyes, I sense you want to have the baby and raise the baby as our own. Is that correct?" I say. Embry nods and then puts his hand on where our child sleeps insid of me.

"I love you with all of my heart and I want to have a family of my own. I want to give this child a good life and be the father that I never had growing up. Please think about it. We can get a house later after graduation and then we can get married and maybe have mor children if you want and if you feel we are ready. I ask you to think about the posibilities we have with this baby coming into our lives. We have tons of support with your family and the pack," Embry pitches to me. I smile and caress his cheek gently.

"Okay, but you have to promise to love me and our little family forever," I say. Embry nods and leans down to kiss my sweetly.

"I love you so much, Marinna," Embry says against my lips. He moves to kiss our baby and I giggle when he begins to talk to our little baby.