Figured I might as well update while I have some idea of where I'm going. I heard this song the other day, and I thought of Twilight. It's called Boy Band by The Arrogant Worms. There's lines in there about bodies glistening and them being old enough to be dating my mom. I think it suits the Cullen boys to a tee. :)

I saw Wolverine and Star Trek in the span of two days. Yes, I'm a nerd. Yes, I read the original comics and watched the original series. And yes, I geeked out in the aftermath of both films. Bite me.

Disclaimer- Twilight is to me as The Stand is to Stephenie Meyer. And yes, I support Stephen King in whatever he chooses to do.

Chapter Twelve

It had been some time since Edward had been out in public, and for good reason. His baby bump, though absolutely adorable, was getting more noticeable as the weeks went by, and he had less and less clothes that effectively covered it up. Right now, he was choosing between a stretchy Marilyn Manson shirt (Jasper bought it for him on Alice's dare), and a frilly pink maternity shirt that had parts in it that Edward would never be able to fill out. After a moment of contemplating the Catch-22 situation, Edward finally took the lesser of two evils. He pulled the maternity shirt on and went downstairs to see Jacob.

"Hey Edward," Jacob said, barely sparing Edward's getup a second glance. It was a step forward. Mere weeks ago he would have been lauging outright at Edward, but now he was far more appreciative of Edward's plight. "Bella snuck out of her house to visit and bring me food."

"Hi Edward!" Bella said cheerfully, and hugged the copperhaired Adonis affectionately. "Oh my God, you're getting so big! Does the baby kick?"

"Yeah, all the time," Edward nodded. He was in a good mood, so he forced Bella's hand against his swelling belly so she could feel the baby move. "It does cartwheels all the time when I'm trying to rest."

"That's the Jacob in him!" Bella laughed. "Isn't that right, you little cutie-pie? I bet you're going to look just like your mommy, yes you will! Yes you will!"

Edward shrugged off the mommy comment and asked, "Bella, why do you have to sneak out? Is your father giving you trouble for coming?"

"Sort of. Yeah. He's concerned with the idea that I was until recently dating a guy who's pregnant with his fishing buddy's son's baby. Which is kinda understandable, considering his position," Bella said, scrunching up her forehead. "To tell the truth, I think he's thinking of moving... but I won't EVER leave! I want to help take care of the baby! I can be his nanny, because Jasper in a dress won't give the baby the motherly affection he needs!"

"I heard that!" Jasper's voice said faintly from upstairs. He was still pouting in his room two weeks after the Ziggy Stardust Drag Incident. Nobody cared.

"That's nice Bella, but you forgot that we have Esme, Alice, and Rosalie to provide all the motherly affection the kid could possibly need," Jacob said, "Plus we have the real mommy to spoil her," he added, punching Edward affectionately on the shoulder.

"Do you think it's a girl then?" Bella asked Jacob. "I think it's a boy, personally."

"I don't know. Either way, we're going to have a helluva time thinking of a name," Jacob said.

"I was always partial to Stephen for a boy. Or Stephenie for a girl," Bella said dreamily. "Two of my favourite authors, and they practically have the same name!"

"Who are they? Stephen King and...?" Jacob asked, a little confused.

"Oh. Oh yeah. Just Stephen King. Sorry," Bella said, knocking herself over the head. "I have no idea what I was thinking just then. What about you though, Jacob? What names do you like?"

"I don't know. I guess a name will come to me. You Edward?" Jacob asked curiously.

"I think if it's a girl, I'll name her Emma. I always liked that name, it reminds me of the twenties," Edward said honestly. "If it's a boy though, I'd name him Aaron. That's a nice name for a boy."

"Oooh," Jasper said from the stairway. "Aaron."

"Yes, Jasper, what's your problem?" Edward asked pointedly.

"Don't think I don't remember, Edward," Jasper said sweetly. He half-walked, half-slid down the stairs, and came to rest with his arms entwined around Edward's shoulders. "Your little... thing in the eighties."

"What's he talking about, Edward?" Jacob asked, suddenly a little suspicious. "He seems a little slimier than usual."

"It was a stupid thing," Edward dismissed, his cheeks going a little red through some illogical flow of blood to his face. "Something that had slipped my mind until this idiot brought it up. Never mind about Aaron, though. I don't like that name anymore."

"No, no, I want to tell the story," Jasper pouted, then launched into his tale without further ado. "In the eighties, Edward went with me to see the Lost Boys movie. A mistake, as it turned out. That film sucks royally. But anyhow, there was this very in-teresting young man watching the movie the evening we went, and he was taking a very in-teresting course at MIT (we were in Massachusetts at the time, y'see), and Edward found him so in-teresting that he gave his... ahem... full attention to this young man's talk about Engineering and Physics. To be brief, Edwad paid for his popcorn and admission and then gave him a kiss," Jasper finished. The slight frown on his face signalled that even he knew how anticlimactic this story was. "But his name was Aaron!"

Bella and Jacob stared at Jasper, not comprehending.

"So?" Jacob said after a moment.

"So there!" Jasper said defensively, and then ran back up to his room.

"Well... it's not cheating if Jacob wasn't born yet," was all that Edward said.

The rest of the day was spent in befuddled silence.