Chapter 12- Alice
"Family is what makes the world go 'round. No matter what they do, you'll always love them." ~Unknown Author~
Aidan Jasper Hale; Born December 4, 2011 at 1:23 pm on a Sunday. He Weighs Seven Pounds, Nine Ounces with Blonde Hair and Red eyes. Next to Jasper, Aidan was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.
Carlisle said that he had to be watched with a careful eye in the course of a couple weeks. There was no telling what this baby was exactly; we just had to wait and see. Carlisle wanted to gather measurements, observations, etc. to figure out what Aidan was capable of.
Through his multiple tests, Carlisle noted a couple of key things. Aidan has thick, durable skin, and shifting eye colors like us. We didn't hear a heartbeat, and couldn't smell blood running through his veins. His skin is very pale, with dark circles under his eyes. We couldn't understand it, but he was breathing. It looked to Carlisle that it wasn't voluntary breathing either-he had to do it. That's the crazy part though; Breathing shouldn't be a necessity if you don't have other functioning systems. It really confused all of us, and Carlisle speculated mentally, but couldn't come up with anything. I didn't care any way though; he was alive, and that's all that mattered to me.
I had to rely on Jasper to keep me standing; otherwise the pain would have me on the floor again. It throbbed around my torso, flashes of pressure coming back now and then. Where Carlisle had bitten into me, it stung repeatedly, but I ignored it. It was more concerning to me to know exactly what was happening to my baby.
I have to hand it to Aidan though; he didn't even wake up as Carlisle flitted around and tried to figure out every detail his body had to offer. He just slept, not stirring or anything.
After Carlisle was done poking and prodding at my Aidan, Jazz and I were ready to introduce him to the family. I knew they would be excited, I mean, why wouldn't they be?
Jasper wrapped his arm around my waist, and ducked his head to whisper, "Stop being so nervous," In my ear. His honey-sweet voice melted away my worries.
He supported me with that one arm as we stumbled down the winding staircase, making a total fool of myself after reaching the bottom floor.
Aidan was nestled up in my left arm while my right one was tightly clutching Jasper's arm.
Everybody was scattered around. Emmett and Rose were curled up on the couch watching the Gators Game; Emmett had all eyes fixated on the TV screen. Rosalie was more concerned with Em though. Edward and Carlisle were out of sight, but I could hear voices coming from Carlisle's study. Esme smiled from the kitchen when she saw us come downstairs. Bella and Nessie looked excited to see us; Ness' eyes looking as though they were about to pop out of her head.
Before Bella could reach over and stop her, she was at my feet. "Mommy told me I was going to have a baby cousin, so I've been waiting, and waiting…." She blabbered on and on about how excited she was.
"Do you want to hold him Renesmee?" I asked, looked back down at sleeping Aidan.
"Can I?" She asked, excited at the very thought.
"Of course you can." I answered. "Just come sit down on the sofa."
She skipped over to the plush couch, smiling as I placed the baby in her little arms. "What's his name?" She asked, looking up to Jasper and I.
"Aidan." I whispered, watching Nessie rock him slightly, smiling when I realized that the little girl was a natural when it came to babies.
Soon everybody had gathered around the three of us, examining the new addition to the family.
Everybody echoed his name in the background, peeking over our shoulders to see Aidan. Emmett came up behind me, and threw a hand on my shoulder. "So you survived, eh?"
I rolled my eyes. "What do you think Emmett?"
He laughed. "I think that he's gonna look like his Uncle Emmett."
"Keep Dreaming, Em."
"Will Do…Little Sis."
Soon as you know it, Aidan started to get passed around to everybody; the whole family gawking at how beautiful he was. It made me happy to see so much love toward the little boy who Jazz and I already loved so much.
I looked up at Jasper, and felt like we could do anything.