Title – Forever & Always
Disclaimer – Clearly I'm not the owner of most of these characters but I have my fun!
Setting – Portland, Oregon/ La Push, Washington
POV – Nessie/(possibly) Jacob
Summary – Nessie and Jacob embark on a new adventure. They must endure new troubles together and Edward and Bella have to learn to let go of their little girl. Jacob and Nessie are soon to be Seniors in College, 5 years after Jacob's promise. Everyone has settled down and attacks are improbable but not impossible as are life's surprises.
Author's Note – I think I have a plot down I'm not too sure about it but it's based off this line "He's intrigued with the idea of…guard dogs," – Edward to Aro.

Chapter 11

After Carlisle explained minor details to us we drove home. It was……something along the lines of an awkward silence. I would guess he was just as surprised and taken aback as I was. A baby, now it was official, there was someone growing inside of me. I had a responsibility to keep that person alive and well, easier said than done.

I looked up to Jacob, he dark eyes stared straight ahead. Now was when I wish that my father was here so he could tell me what he was thinking. I was eating me up inside. As always I would have to take the initiative.

"Jacob?" I whispered.

"Yeah."

I wasn't sure how to go about it. "Are you really okay with this? The baby." I clarified.

We stopped at a red light, he ran his hands through his hair. "I told you that I'm not upset, just a little freaked out."

"We can do this right?" Worry was written all over my voice.

"I really hope so. I can't ruin a child that way, I wouldn't forgive myself." He accelerated at the green light.

I wouldn't either. "I don't think either of us are capable of that." I not only said it to reassure him I needed to reassure myself.

He smiled a sweet smile. "You always know what to say. Honestly I think you're right."

"We can do this. It's a baby, our baby we can take care of it." I wasn't really telling him this it was more of an out loud thought.

"Our baby." He repeated. "I never thought about being a dad, didn't think I could to it."

"If you haven't noticed you're almost like a father of 15 now 16. You take care of them and you're there when they need you. You care for the weakest." I reminded him.

He shook his head. "It's not the same things. They are grown guys they don't really need me. They don't need to depend on me like a baby would have to. A baby requires more than discipline, advice, and orders."

I nodded. "It requires love and care. Devotion most of all, tell me you don't have that." We pulled into the driveway and to the garage.

Once the car was in its place we stepped out. Jacob crossed my path before I walked inside the house.

He looked in my eyes as I did his. We looked for the depth of our love, I saw the infinite adoration. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer to him. Instinctively my arms rose to put around his neck. He pressed his lips to mine. I traced his bottom lip with my tongue. My lips parted and our tongues met, even after 5 years it still felt like the first day. He moved his lips to the base of my neck. "I love you…….thank you for giving this to me." He whispered.

We pulled apart and he placed his hand over my stomach. I guess it was a very slight bump not very noticeable. "I will protect you both always." He promised. I nodded.

"I'll protect our baby well." I promised.

"Good. I bet your dad is a little conflicted about the situation."

"You think he knows?" I asked. It was a rhetorical question.

He chuckled. "He probably paid off some nurse, asked Carlisle, read our minds. He knows."

We walked inside where our family was scattered around the living room. Emmett and Jasper had sort of adopted Adrian. He was their own little personally toy. They loved playing with him, like a shiny toy. He wasn't just an 11 year old boy he was a Quileute 11 year old boy. He could run nearly as fast as they could, he was a lot stronger than their average boy. Adrian loved it too, Emmett and Jasper were kids at heart and together they had so much fun.

Adrian, Jasper, and Emmett we playing on the Wii. Esme was out in the garden. Carlisle was at the hospital. Rose and Alice as always were plotting. They were highly upset about the wedding so they said it was default for them, they were allowed to celebrate my birthday with no limitations. I was officially going to be a decade old on September 10th. That was only a week away. I had prohibited Jacob from giving me anything. I think we were both content with that. He would have never figured it out. Alice always cheats and helps him.

My parents were sitting on the kitchen counter awaiting something, that something was most obvious me. "Hi dad." I whispered.

"Renesmee, go talk with your mother." My mother stood and gestured for me to come. "Jacob you come with me." I hated how they both had this straight face. You couldn't know what to expect. Everyone in the room continued what they were doing. Adrian looked away from the TV for a short moment to greet us but everyone else said nothing.

"Jacob." My dad prompted.

"Oh….s....okay, right." He got a bit jittery. He gave me a quick smile and followed my dad out. I followed my mom upstairs to her bedroom.

"Mom, I….." I didn't know how to begin.

"Renesmee, Carlisle talked to Edward about it."

I had no idea where she was going with this. "Mom, what is this about?"

"I just want to make sure you're okay. That you and Jacob are okay."

I smiled. "Yeah mom we're okay. Mom I'm just….."

"Scared." She finished for me. "Nessie I may not have been the best mother but I tried. I gave my all and I think you turned out okay."

"Mom you did a great job." I assured her.

"I'm glad. So you two are….."

"We're going to get through it. It's a weird situation but I think we'll live."

"We're here, we all are. We want to be mad at you both. Your dad can't be mad at you but he sure can be mad at Jacob. This is what happened, the consequences for a mistake."

"Oh my god, you two won't let this go. You act like this is a punishment for what happened. Like a death sentence. This baby is not a penalty."

"I never said that."

"You're making it seem that way. Mom I know that I should've waited, I know that this may not be the most opportune time but it happened and you can be mad but don't try to make me believe this is a bad thing. It is not." I hissed.

She sighed. "Nessie calm down."

"No not if you're going to what happened back in my face."

"I'm sorry, we want what's best for you. You must understand you are so young and Jacob is a grown man who is capable of taking care of him self. He should have known we don't condemn him but understand that we trusted him. It's disappointment and we want to make sure you're okay. He should have made the decision a good one."

"So you wanted to talk to me so you could bad mouth him? I complied and I am mature its not fair that you keep blaming it on him. I made my decision and I admitted it, it was not the best course of actions but it's done and we may be supernatural but we change it."

"Nessie what you expect us to do? We can't congratulate you. We worry you are our one and only daughter. We can only assume the worst."

"Don't. You don't have to, just be happy for me. It's the silver lining. It was bound to happen and I truly apologize for disappointing you. But I'm going to take care of this baby because……that's what you taught me."

My words got to her she finally smiled. "You know your way with words I assure you those aren't my genes." She said lightly. "I just want you to be okay. I do apologize if it came off as something else."

"I know you do. I might've overreacted." I admitted.

She smiled in a motherly way. "We were both melodramatic but right." I nodded hesitantly. "It's early but you're right it can't be undone. We'll deal with what we've got. Let's go before your dad looses that self- control."

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Jacob and I decided that we wouldn't be living on campus this year. We also had to figure out the Adrian situation. It would not be wise to say Carlisle and Esme adopted him, it would draw too much attention, and there were already 8 of us. Jacob and I agreed that I would be believable that he was our foster son. Publicly Jacob was 22 and I was 21. By the state of Oregon we were allowed to have a foster child.

That Friday we singed him up for school and as a social rule we got the 'Are you serious, you have a foster child?' look. Adrian was a little resistant but we told him that he would have to go home if the story didn't work and he evidently didn't want that. He started school today, one week before us.

Today marked exactly one week till our classes started. All of our friends had gotten back from their summer adventures. We were meeting them at the on campus café. Apparently we were running late. We were the last ones to arrive with the exception of Kylie.

It was so much harder to walk out and about, everyone's scent was so much sweeter. We were greeted by Julian, Scott, Kara and Gabby when we sat down. "Hey guys, it feels like we haven't seen you all in like a year." I said.

I looked at Kara who's mouth was shaped into an 'o', she started down at my hand. "What is that?" She demanded, suddenly everyone's eyes were on me.

I blushed. "We had an eventful summer."

"Hell we thought this one" Scott glanced at Jacob. "was never going to do it. I didn't get the invite though."

"We eloped." He clarified.

"That beats my summer." Kara threw her hands in the air. "I went to Mexico with my cousins."

"How was it?"

"Hot and ethnic." She said with a giggle. "It was really hot in the day and then freakishly cold at night. Nice looking people I must say." She added teasingly while Julian sat beside her. He didn't think it was too funny.

"How was soccer camp?" Jacob asked the guys. The guys went to this children's soccer camp. They were counselors. It was like a dream summer job. They were two boys who loved soccer, had no money to go anywhere and needed money. Soccer camp was great, they got paid and probably had more fun than the kids.

Julian threw his head back in laughter while Scott scowled. "They voted him out of the tent."

"No! It was too crowded I left at my own free will."

"And my team beat his."

"That little kid walked all over mine, it was yellow card!" Scott exclaimed. "Your players were a bunch of cheaters."

"Sounds fun." Jacob commented.

"And you Gabby?"

"I went to Canada with my sister. It was extremely cold and not pleasant. Not going there again."

"You both have the suspicious look, you have more news." Kara said. Apparently everyone agreed. We've known each other for way too long sometimes they notice things they aren't supposed to but we can't keep this from them.

I looked up at Jacob and he nodded. "We got a foster child." I finally said.

They gave us the same look the school did. "Why?" Everyone was thinking it Kara just said it.

"He's 11, he needed a family and we're old enough and……I guess we need practice." I hinted. They were our friends it was customary to tell them about theses things.

"Meaning…..." Gabby asked.

I bit my lip. "I'm….pregnant."

"OMG! Nessie!"

"That's why you married her." Scott teased. Jacob swiftly threw a spoon at him. Scott didn't have fast reflexes and he couldn't dodge it.

"How long?" Kara again said but everyone had the same question.

"Almost 2 months."

"That is so great! I'm so happy for you two." Gabby was the sweetest of the five, Kara was a bit dramatic but blunt.

"I think you two would make pretty good parents. You have this weird thing going on. Like this weird bond that I can't figure out." Kara was the most observant.

"She's right." Julian agreed. "I wish I knew what it was. You two have been together for over 5 years. What's the secret, Jake?"

Kara was just as interested. "Do tell."

I didn't know how to answer that. "I don't know I guess…….we've always had that, since I was a little girl. It was a special bond that just pulled us together."

They didn't like that answer. "Jake, really what is it?"

"It's going to sound all….fake and cheesy but honestly if you love the girl then you love her for what she's good at and you love her even more because of the things she can't do. She's not perfect and as much as we'd like to think we aren't perfect either. If you accept her then you'll never be surprised at the things that she does." He replied. I was very proud of his answer. He had gotten as good as I had with the advice.

Kara raised her brow. "Really that's all?"

"Easier said than done?" I replied.

A phone vibrated it was Scott's. It was a text. He quickly read it and got up. "Jose says coach wants us." He said to Julian who got up as well. "We have to schedule varsity tryouts or whatever."

"We'll catch up later then." Julian bent down to kiss Kara goodbye. "I'll see you at my place tonight?" He whispered lowly though I still heard. She simply nodded.

They waved as they jogged to the soccer fields. Today was known as move in day. Every freshman and company was on campus. Parents shed tears as they drove away. The campus was flooded with clueless eighteen years olds ready to get wasted their first free night. Little did they know, the administrators had freshman on the tightest leash possible. They had curfew and sobriety tests, the whole deal. It was meant for them not to know, because it was a surprise. Usually it was just that first part of the term but later they would have endless chances to get drunk out of their wits. It was what freshmen came to college for.

We saw Kylie run up to us. She was dressed in work out clothes. Today was cheerleading tryouts and she was on the varsity since last year. "Hey Nessie!" She looked like she had something that she was dying to tell me. "Guess what?!"

I knew it but I didn't know what it was. "A freshman made it on varsity?" I guessed.

She rolled her eyes. "Well, yeah, Georgina but not that. Guess who I just saw on the football field."

I was dumbfounded. "I don't know….who?"

"Lance, he's back!"

It's going to get a bit more interesting but i want to know what ya'll think my plots going to be it's a little out there but based on the line form the A/N what do you think it is?

-toodles